8th Pay Commission The Central Government has constituted the Eighth Pay Commission headed by retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai and approved its Terms of Reference This is likely to be implemented from January 1, 2026. The Central Government has constituted the Pay Commission to revise the basic pay, dearness allowance, pension and other cash benefits of central government employees based on price rise and inflation and has been implementing pay hikes and dearness allowance hikes every 6 months on the basis of its recommendations.
