Overview
- Submissions must be filed only through structured forms on the Commission’s website and the MyGov portal, with paper, email or off-portal PDFs unlikely to be considered.
- The portal accepts memorandums until April 30, 2026 from unions, pensioner bodies, institutions and individual employees and retirees.
- More than 1.1 crore central government employees and pensioners are watching for potential revisions to pay and pensions.
- On implementation of a new pay commission, DA and DR are reset to zero and then restored in stages, with current rates at 58 percent after the last revision.
- Reporting estimates the 8th Commission’s fiscal impact at Rs 2.4–3.2 lakh crore, compared with about Rs 1.02 lakh crore for the 7th.