8th pay commission latest news today: It is estimated that dearness allowance (DA) can reach 61 percent by January 2026. As per the rules, when the recommendations of the new pay commission are implemented, the DA of the employees is made zero (0) and merged into the basic salary.
8th pay commission latest news today: The recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission will soon be submitted to the Central Government. The new pay commission will start its work from April. In such a situation, there is hope of revision in the salary and allowances of central government employees and pensioners. For this, the recommendations of the pay commission will be implemented. But, the biggest impact on the arrival of the 8th Pay Commission will be on dearness allowance. The dearness allowance of central employees will be made zero. Meaning, as soon as the new pay commission is implemented, the calculation of dearness allowance will start again from zero.
Dearness allowance (DA) will be merged in 2026
It is estimated that by January 2026, dearness allowance (DA) can reach 61 percent. As per the rules, when the recommendations of the new pay commission are implemented, the DA of the employees is made zero (0) and merged in the basic salary. The same will happen in this pay commission. However, there is also a discussion that only 50 percent of DA will be merged in the basic salary. The 11 percent above this will not be merged. However, no final decision has been taken on this yet nor has any concrete reason been given by the government. All this will depend on the recommendations of the new commission.
DA calculation will start from zero
After the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, DA will be calculated on the new basic salary of central employees. It will start from 0. Suppose someone’s basic salary is Rs 34200, then from January 2026 his dearness allowance will be 0. Then in July 2026, 3-4 percent (whatever will be the dearness allowance) will be added to it. Further calculation will continue only after this. If the dearness allowance becomes zero, then other allowances will also be affected.
Calculation of Dearness Allowance (DA)
When the 8th Pay Commission is implemented, dearness allowance will be added to the basic salary. If the dearness allowance is 50% or more, then there is a provision to merge it on the new pay commission. Dearness Allowance (DA) is calculated on the basis of Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPI changes from time to time, which also changes the DA. When the 8th Pay Commission is implemented, adding the current DA to the basic salary will increase the total salary of the employees. Suppose, in the current situation, the basic salary of an employee is ₹ 18,000 and dearness allowance is 50%, then the DA will be ₹ 9,000. When the 8th Pay Commission is implemented, if DA is added to the basic salary, then the total salary will be ₹ 27,000.
Why will dearness allowance be 0?
Whenever a new pay scale is implemented, the DA received by the employees is added to the basic salary. Experts say that although the rule states that 100% DA of the employees should be added to the basic salary, but this is not possible. Financial situation comes in the way. However, this was done in the year 2016. Before that, when the sixth pay scale came in the year 2006, at that time 187 percent DA was being given in the fifth pay scale till December. The entire DA was merged in the basic salary. Therefore, the coefficient of the sixth pay scale was 1.87. Then a new pay band and a new grade pay were also created. But, it took three years to give it.
When will dearness allowance be zero?
According to experts, after the recommendations of the Pay Commission, it will be implemented from January 2026 along with the 8th Pay Commission. Then the dearness allowance will be made zero. In such a situation, the dearness allowance will be merged only then and it will be calculated from zero. This means that the AICPI index from January to June 2026 will decide whether the dearness allowance will be 3 percent, 4 percent or how much. As soon as this situation becomes clear, employees will be given dearness allowance beyond 0 percent.
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