The 8th pay commission (CPC) has scheduled a visit to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on 22-23 June (Monday and Tuesday), and called on interested stakeholders to submit appointment requests on or before 10 June.
The commission has begun meeting with employee representative groups, unions and stakeholders as it sets to gather recommendations on pay hikes, allowances, structure, and more. Constituted every 10 years, the panel is expected to make significant decisions impacting salaries of central government employees and pensioners, including railways and defence staff by mid-2027.
Chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash , the other 8th CPC members are Pankaj Jain, former IAS, as Member-Secretary, and Professor Pulak Ghosh, tenured Professor of Finance, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, as a Member of the Commission.
As part of the consultation process, it opened formal memorandum submissions held meetings in Delhi in March for stakeholder ; and held meetings with employee representatives in April and May.
8th pay commission meeting in Lucknow: Details
- Meeting in Lucknow on 22-23 June (Monday and Tuesday).
- In an official notice, the panel invited interested stakeholders, including central government organisations / institutions and unions / associations desirous of interacting with the Commission at Lucknow.
- must apply online here — https://nicforms.nic.in/enRhYmxlNjlmMmU2Y|FkYjkwNjIwMİYWNDMwNzE=
- Appointment requests must be completed on or before 10 June.
- The parties will receive a unique memo ID. Venue details and schedule shall be intimated subsequently, it added.
- “Please note that the Commission shall be holding separate meetings at cities in other States/ Union Territories in due course. Accordingly, stakeholders belonging to States / Union Territories other than are requested not to seek appointments during this visit of the Commission,” it added.
Meetings in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh — Latest updates
Notably, a number of meetings are also scheduled in next month in Ladakh and Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir).
Jammu & Kashmir: The meeting in is scheduled from 1-4 June (Monday-Thursday) and stakeholders had till 16 May to make appointments.
Ladakh: The meeting with concerned stakeholders in the UT of Ladakh is set for 8 June (Monday) and they had till 16 May to make appointments.
Beneficiaries are the nearly 50 lakh central government , including defence personnel, and around 65 lakh retired central government pensioners, including defence retirees will be impacted by the decisions.
What is the timeline of 8th CPC discussions?
Notably, the commission has invited suggestions and memorandums till 31 May after opening formal memorandum submissions in March. It began meetings with stakeholders in April, has other meets scheduled in May and June, and plans to schedule more meetings in due course.
To reach consensus, it will gather inputs from labour representatives and groups, ministries, pension bodies, central government organisations / institutions, employee unions / associations, and other similar stakeholders; analyse the data and then decide allowances, formula and salary structures for the relevant employee and retiree groups.
The panel this month also invited applications from candidates for full-time and part-time consultant roles on a one-year contractual basis, “to make recommendations related to emolument structure of different categories of officers, employees and on pensions”.
As per plan, the is expected to put forward its final recommendations around 18 months after being constituted on 3 November 2025. This means that the earlier we could get the panel’s submissions is February 2027.
Further, looking at past trends, once the pay commission’s recommendations are made, roll out takes another two to three years to complete. This means that hikes announced in 2027, may only be fully implemented by 2029 or 2030.
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