8th Pay Commission: The year 2025 is now at its final stage and in a few days we will enter 2026. With the arrival of the New Year, there is a great stir in the minds of government employees. This stir is about the end of the 7th Pay Commission and the arrival of the 8th Pay Commission. Thousands of employees working in government departments, who have retired this year or are going to be retired in the next few days, have a big question floating in their minds. The question is whether he will be able to get the benefit of the new pay commission after retirement? Or will they be entitled to receive pension as per the old pay scale only?
Will the roads be closed after retirement?
It is often believed that once one retires from the job, the impact of Pay Commission changes ends, but the reality is different. If you are retiring in 2025, then you do not need to be disappointed. Finance Ministry itself in November 2025 8th pay commission Has been given 18 months time to submit its report. This simply means that the recommendations of the commission will be ready by mid-2027 and the government can implement it by 2028.
Even though it may take time to be implemented, the employees who have retired in 2025 will not be left out of this scope. The benefits of the 8th Pay Commission will be applicable not only on the salary of the existing employees but also on the pension of the retired employees. This means that as soon as the Commission’s recommendations are implemented, there will be a huge jump in your pension.
understand the mathematics of arrears
Now let us talk about the most important thing, about which there is maximum confusion, arrears. Suppose you retire in 2025 and the 8th Pay Commission comes into effect in 2028. If we look at the government rules and the trend of previous pay commissions, whenever a new pay commission is implemented, it is calculated from the date of expiry of the previous commission.
This means that from 2026 till the recommendations of the Commission are implemented, you will get the entire money in the form of ‘arrears’. This amount will come to your bank account together, which can be in lakhs of rupees. The arrears will be calculated according to the proportion in which your pension will increase. The government will transfer this money directly to the pensioners’ accounts, for this you will not need to visit any office.
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