Inflation Hits a 30-Year High: Will the Government Form the Eighth CPC Now ?

On the basis of Aykroyd formula and 7th CPC Recommendation, Will the Government Form the Eighth CPC ?

A question was raised in Rajya Sabha by Shri Javed Ali Khan MP that as per 7th CPC recommendation, pay matrix of Central Government employees may be reviewed periodically without waiting for long period of 10 years on the basis of Aykroyd formula; whether it will be considered ?

No proposal to Form the Eighth CPC

The Minister of Finance replied that the Government has not considered this issue while according the approval of the revision of pay and allowances based on Seventh Central Pay Commission. So there is no proposal to Form the Eighth CPC Now

OVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 532

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2023
SRAVANA 3, 1945 (SAKA)

“Constitution of Eighth Central Pay Commission”

532: SHRI JAVED ALI KHAN

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government has not considered para 1.22 contained in 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) report which recommended that pay matrix of Central Government employees may be reviewed periodically without waiting for long period of 10 years on the basis of Aykroyd formula;

(b) if so, whether Government would constitute Eighth CPC in view of the highest inflation in last 30 years and constitution of Seventh CPC in the year 2013;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a): The Government has not considered this issue while according the approval of the revision of pay and allowances based on Seventh Central Pay Commission.

(b) to (d): No such proposal is under consideration with the Government for constitution of Eighth Central Pay Commission for the Central Government employees.

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