8th pay commission salary pay matrix: How much increase employees can they expect?
8th pay commission salary pay matrix: With the official confirmation of the 8th pay commission, all government employees are now eagerly waiting to hear more about the pay levels and salary hike they will be getting under the 8th CPC. The Modi government on Thursday said it has decided to set up the 8th central pay commission.
With this decision, the salaries of central government employees and allowances of pensioners will be revised for the good. The decision to set up the 8th pay commission was taken by PM Modi, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said.
8th Pay Commission Date of Implementation
While making the announcement for 8th CPC, union minister Vaishnaw underlined that the commission will likely be formed by 2026. “As the 7th Pay Commission's term concludes in 2026, initiating the process in 2025 ensures sufficient time to receive and review recommendations before its completion,” Vaishnaw stated.
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If history is to be taken into account, the 8th central pay commission could be expected to come into effect from January 1, 2026. Worth mentioning here is that the 7th pay commission was constituted on February 28, 2014 and its recommendations were implemented starting January 1, 2016
8th Pay Commission Salary Pay Matrix
While all eager eyes and awaiting to see a big hike in their salaries soon, many are still unaware of what salary pay matrix is. In the simplest terms, a pay matrix is a salary structure or a chart, table that includes the levels, grade pays, pay scale and the basic salaries of government employees.
It was introduced to make salary structures easier to understand and ensure uniformity across various government departments. While the rows denote the level (based of designation), and the columns include the basic starting pay in each level. Going further down is the yearly increase an employee will get in their particular level.
The pay matrix comprises 2 dimensions. One is the horizontal range, in which each level corresponds to a ‘functional role in the hierarchy’ and has been assigned the numbers 1, 2, and 3 and so on till 18. The second is vertical range for each level denotes ‘pay progression’ within that level.
These indicate the steps of annual financial progression of 3 per cent within each level. The starting point of the matrix is the minimum pay which has been arrived based on 15th ILC norms or the Aykroyd formula.
Prior to 6th CPC, there were Pay Scales. The 6th CPC had recommended running Pay Bands with Grade Pay as status determiner. The 7th CPC further advised a Pay matrix with distinct Pay Levels. The Level henceforth became the status determiner.
7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix
8th Pay Commission Salary Increase
Central government employees could see a hike in the range of 25 to 30 per cent in their salaries once the 8th pay commission is implemented. According to TeamLease Digital CEO Neeti Sharma, a fitment factor between 2.6 and 2.85 is speculated.
A fitment factor in the range of 2.6 to 2.85 could potentially increase salaries by 25-30 per cent and pensions proportionately. “The basic minimum is expected to rise beyond 40,000, along with perks, allowances and performance pay,” Sharma said.
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