These subjects shall be addressed throughout the drafting committee assembly of NC (Staff aspect)-JCM, the place prime worker and pensioner our bodies will put together a standard memorandum for his or her eighth Pay Commission-related strategies.
The committee, headed by Shiva Gopal Mishra, will ship the memorandum to the eighth Pay Commission chairperson Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.
“The drafting committee members will be required to stay for a week in Delhi from February 25, 2026, onward for discussing and finalising our proposals on each topic/issue,” Mishra wrote in a letter to drafting committee members early this month.
Let’s take a look at what these organisations are going to debate within the assembly on Wednesday.
Manjeet Singh Patel, who will characterize the Central Government Employees’ Confederation within the February 25 assembly, advised ET Wealth Online, that among the strategies that he’ll give to the drafting committee are-
- Apply a 3.2 fitment issue
- Give biannual increment or 7% annual increment from the present price of three%
- Increase household items from 3 to five for fundamental wage and fitment issue calculation
- Increase go away encashment at retirement from 300 to 400
- Increase fastened medical allowance from Rs 1,000 to Rs 20,000/month for locations with no CGHS hospital
- Maintain hole between salaries of various ranges of workers
- Establish a streamlined promotion coverage throughout departments
- Provide go away trave concession (LTC) within the type of money
“If family units are increased to 5, the basic salary will increase by 66%. We are demanding a better promotion policy as in some departments employees get promotions in a few years, while in others, there is no promotion even in 15 years,” Patel advised ET Wealth Online.
“We also want LTC in cash form as there are many employees who can’t travel by a bus, train or aeroplane because the nature of their job doesn’t allow them to book tickets well in advance,” says Patel.
Patel says for locations the place workers do not have a Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) hospital, a Rs 1,000 fastened quantity a month is just too much less, specifically if they’ve some severe illness.
Defence worker physique’s suggestions for February 25 assembly
C Srikumar, basic secretary of the All India Defence Employees’ Federation, says among the suggestions from his aspect for the February 25 assembly are as follows-
- Family unit must be elevated from 3 to five by together with mother and father for fixing minimal pay
- 10% extra factor must be added for assembly technical want parts like web connection, and many others.
- Many not noted meals gadgets to be included
- 5 assured promotions on a timescale foundation in a span of 30 years.
- Scrapping of National Pension System (NPS) and Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) and restore Old Pension Scheme (OPS)
- Children Educational Allowance as much as publish commencement {and professional} programs
Postal worker physique’s suggestions for February 25, 2026 assembly
In January 2026, the Federation of National Postal Organisation (FNPO) despatched a letter to the NC-JCM, outlining its suggestions for the eighth Pay Commission. A key spotlight within the FNPO letter was the proposed multi-level fitment issue, which ranged from 3.0 to three.25, relevant to Group A, B, C and D postal workers. Its essential suggestions were-
- Fitment elements from 3.0 to three.25
- 5% annual increment
- Ensure seen and significant monetary development
- To retain the seventh Pay Commission pay matrix
- Bring authorities pay constructions nearer to these prevailing in different organised sectors
