The 8th Central Pay Commission announced a visit to Kolkata on 9 and 10 July 2026 to interact with central government organisations, institutions, and employee associations/unions based in the eastern region. As with the Lucknow leg scheduled for 22-23 June 2026, participants must seek an appointment in advance, quoting the unique Memo ID generated when their memorandum was submitted. The Commission has set 15 June 2026 as the date by which appointment requests for the Kolkata sitting should be submitted online, the same day the overall memorandum submission window closed.

The final extended deadline for submitting memoranda to the 8th Pay Commission closed today, 15 June 2026. The Commission had earlier indicated that this extension was the last one and that no further extensions would be granted. Employee federations, service associations, and individual central government staff were required to file their views before midnight, either through the MyGov Innovate India portal or in the structured format specified on the official 8th Central Pay Commission portal. With the memorandum window now closed, attention shifts to the Commission's state-level consultation meetings, where associations that have submitted a memorandum can seek appointments using their Memo ID.

The 8th Pay Commission is scheduled to hold a stakeholder consultation in Lucknow on 22 and 23 June 2026, with representatives from Railway and Defence employee unions among the key participants. This meeting is expected to focus on department-specific allowance structures and service condition issues unique to railway and defence civilian staff. This page will be updated with outcomes once the meeting concludes.

The NC-JCM Staff Side finalised its consolidated memorandum covering pay scales, allowances, pension issues, and the family unit proposal for submission to the 8th Pay Commission, with the deadline for submission set as 15 June 2026. The memorandum consolidates inputs gathered from affiliated federations representing railways, defence civilians, postal employees, and other central government departments, and is expected to form the basis for further rounds of discussion with the Commission.

With the Terms of Reference approved on 28 October 2025 and an 18-month window for submitting recommendations, the 8th Pay Commission's report is expected around mid-2027, possibly with an interim report submitted earlier. While the revised pay structure is proposed to take effect notionally from 1 January 2026, employees should note that the actual revised payout, along with arrears for the intervening period, is likely to be processed only after the report is accepted by the government, expected sometime in 2027 based on past pay commission timelines.

Discussions around the fitment factor gathered pace, with some employee federations pushing for a multiplier as high as 3.83x to reflect cumulative inflation since the 7th Pay Commission, while government-side estimates and independent analysts suggested a more conservative range closer to 1.83x to 2.86x. A higher fitment factor would directly increase the minimum basic pay and have a cascading effect on allowances and pension calculations, making it one of the most closely watched numbers ahead of the Commission's report.

The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) submitted a charter of demands to the 8th Pay Commission on behalf of affiliated central government employee unions. Key demands included a minimum of five promotions during a career span, an annual increment rate of 6% instead of the current 3%, a shorter restriction period on pension commutation, and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) in place of the National Pension System (NPS) and Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).

The Staff Side of the National Council (JCM) submitted a proposal recommending that minimum wage calculations be based on a 5-member family unit rather than the 3-member unit used earlier, citing the Aykroyd formula and current cost-of-living data. The proposal argued that a wider family unit, combined with updated consumption norms for food, clothing, housing, and other essentials, would produce a more realistic minimum pay benchmark for the 8th Pay Commission to consider.