Overview
- Finance Ministry constituted a three-member panel chaired by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, with Prof. Pulak Ghosh as part-time member and Pankaj Jain as member-secretary, and permitted interim reports.
- The remit covers salaries, pensions, allowances, bonuses, gratuity and performance-linked incentives rather than only basic pay.
- The Commission must weigh economic conditions, fiscal prudence, state finances and comparator pay in PSUs and the private sector.
- The All India Defence Employees’ Federation has urged an amendment to specify implementation w.e.f. January 1, 2026, citing past 10-year cycles.
- Research firms estimate possible fitment factors around 1.8–2.46 on basic pay, cautioning that take-home gains will be tempered by a DA reset and allowance changes.