8th Pay Commission: Lakhs of central employees and pensioners are eagerly waiting for the notification of the Eighth Pay Commission. The Pay Commission not only revises the salary every time, but also reviews the allowances and improves them on a large scale.
This is the reason why this time the big question among the employees is whether many existing allowances will be abolished in the new Pay Commission? There is also growing curiosity among the employees that how much will the salary increase in the Eighth Pay Commission?
According to the news published in Financial Express, a large number of allowances were reviewed during the Seventh Pay Commission (7th CPC). After this, many allowances were abolished. Experts say that this time too the government can take steps towards ‘simplification of allowances’. This simply means that the allowances which are no longer needed can be abolished.
Know what happened in the 7th Pay Commission
After the review of the 7th Pay Commission, it was found that there were about 196 different allowances, many of which were similar or their use was very limited. After this, the 7th Pay Commission recommended the abolition of 52 of those allowances. At the same time, 36 allowances were merged with other allowances. After this, the government completely removed many allowances and some were implemented under new names and rules.
Focus on inflation and basic salary in 8th pay commission
The report says that the same process can be repeated in the Eighth Pay Commission . Experts believe that the number of allowances may be reduced in the Eighth Pay Commission. But the focus on transparency may increase. This means that in the Eighth Pay Commission, the Commission’s focus may be on “less allowances and more transparency”.
Due to digitalization and the new administrative system, many old allowances have lost their importance. Therefore, they can be abolished. Similarly, the structure of salary and allowances can be made more robust by combining allowances with similar purposes. It is believed that this time the government’s focus will be on strengthening the basic salary and Dearness Allowance, while the government can abolish small allowances.
There is a possibility of cuts on these allowances
It is being speculated that this time in the Eighth Pay Commission, travel allowance, special duty allowance, small level regional allowances and some departmental allowances (such as the old typing/clerical allowance) may be abolished. However, no official statement has been made about this yet. The government’s aim this time too is to make the salary structure “logical and simple”.
What will be the impact on the employees
Decreasing allowances does not mean that the earnings of employees will decrease. Usually, the government makes such a balance that the basic pay and DA are increased. This not only does not affect the income of employees, but also has a positive impact on pension. Keep in mind that pension is calculated on basic pay and DA and not on different allowances.
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