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The wage revision of central government employees is due from January 01, 2026, as it is in practice after every ten years.
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The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, on Thursday, demanded the constitution of the 8th Central Pay Commission, necessitated due to higher inflation levels and depreciation in money value.
The Confederation represents about 7 lakh central government employees working in various departments like postal, income tax, AG’s, audit departments, survey departments, census, GSI, CPWD, CGHS, etc. numbering about 130 associations and federations which are affiliates of it.
In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the workers’ body said that central government employees’ wages were last revised w.e.f. January 01, 2016, as on July 07, 2024, the percentage of DA entitlement crossed over 53%.
“After the pandemic situation the prices of essential commodities and also the non-essential commodities have increased manifold including manufacturing industries, construction, health, service sector, etc. The higher interest rates are also adversely affecting employees/pensioners, the inflation is in the range of 4 % to 7% on an average is about 5.5 %. Due to higher inflation rates, the real money value has gone down considerably in the past 9 years, especially after the Covid situation, the letter said.
During the past nine years the erosion of the real value of wages has become enormous, especially after Covid-19. The depreciation of money value has come down very much, the letter added.
“The pay structure of the central government employees should be sound enough to attract the best talent of our Country, it should be revised every five years. The best-talented employees would be instrumental in providing good leadership and good governance,” the letter highlighted.
The wage revision of central government employees is due from January 01, 2026, as it is in practice after every ten years.
The earlier central pay commissions have all along been taking about 2 years to submit their reports and another six months or more for the government to consider it and to implement the same.
“Hence, the Confederation requests that it is high time that the 8th Central Pay Commission is constituted without any further delay, necessitated due to higher inflation levels and depreciation in money value so that the central government employees and pensioners could lead a decent life and work more effectively to implement the programmes and policies of the central government so that its benefits reach the common man.”
