Salary Hike: Government employees got bad news regarding salary revision, but also got good news

Salary Hike: It will take some time for central employees and pensioners to get their salaries. The recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission are not fully ready yet, so the change will not be possible from January 1, 2026. According to sources, the pay commission recommendations can be submitted by April 2026. The timeline is not clear yet, but it may take time.

At the same time, it may take till 2027 to implement it. Salary revision may also happen by 2027. Due to this, the employees will have to wait. 

According to sources, the Eighth Pay Commission will be applicable for employees from January 1, 2026. This means that the employees will be given the arrears despite the delay. Overall, the employees will get good news.

Salary revision may take some time, even though the new pay commission will officially start from January 1, 2026. Employees may have to wait till the early months of 2027. 

Despite this, employees and pensioners will get arrears for as many months as the delay occurs during this period. 

According to sources, it may take 15 to 18 months for the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission to come. The commission will submit its final report by May 2026, but a preview report will be submitted even before that. It will take time to prepare the report first, so there may be a delay.

There will be a delay in salary revision-

Experts believe that the government has announced the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission from January 1, 2026, but its work will start from April. 

It will take at least twelve months for the recommendations to come. Even after this, it will take some time to implement and approve, so the process may get delayed. In such a situation, it is natural for the salary revision to be delayed. Employees can get the benefit of the new pay scale from the beginning of 2027.

But, it should be implemented from January 1, 2026 and the arrears should be paid to the employees. The biggest advantage of delaying the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission (8th Pay Commission News) will be that the employees will get a lump sum payment of 12 months.

Compare the salary hike with previous pay commissions-

Let us look at how many salary hikes the Pay Commissions have recommended so far.

Amount of pay hike recommended by Pay Commission (%)

2. 2nd CPC 14.20%

3. 3rd CPC 20.60%

4. 4th CPC 27.60%

31.000% of 5th CPC

6. 4th CPC 54.00%

14.27% of 7th CPC

Average growth 27 percent

The previous pay commissions have seen an average hike of 27%. Employees were disappointed with a mere 14.27% hike in the 7th commission (7th pension commission). 

Now that the 8th pay commission has begun, it is important to know how much hike the government will recommend this time so as to balance the expectations and monetary requirements of employees.