Government announces setting up of 8th Pay Commission for Central government employees & pensioners

The government yesterday announced the setting up of the 8th Pay Commission for the Central government employees and pensioners. An announcement in this regard was made by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi. He was briefing the media about the Cabinet’s decision.

The Minister said that the term of the 7th Pay Commission is going to end in 2026 and the setting up of the 8th Pay Commission now will give enough time to receive recommendations of the Pay Panel. He said the appointment of the Chairman and two members of the Commission will be made soon.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the decision on the 8th Pay Commission will improve quality of life and give a boost to consumption. In a social media post, Mr Modi lauded the efforts of all Government employees, who work to build a Viksit Bharat.

The leaders of Railway Unions have thanked the Central government for the announcement of the constitution of the 8th Central Pay Commission. The decision will benefit more than 45 lakh central government employees and more than 68 lakh pensioners. The General Secretary of the All India Railwaymen’s Federation



(AIRF) and Secretary of the staff side, Shiv Gopal Mishra, today met Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi. During the meeting, he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of 40 lakh civilians and 29 lakh defense and paramilitary forces, as well as a similar number of pensioners.

The President of the National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, Guman Singh, has also thanked the Prime Minister and the government for making this decision.

In another decision, the Cabinet also approved the establishment of the Third Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre of ISRO at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at a cost of 3985 Crore rupees.

The  TLP  project envisages the establishment of the launch infrastructure at Sriharikota for the Next Generation Launch Vehicles of ISRO and also to support as standby launch pad for the Second Launch Pad there.  It will also enhance the launch capacity for future Indian human spaceflight missions.  It will boost the Indian Space ecosystem by enabling higher launch frequencies and the national capacity to undertake human spaceflight and space exploration missions.