8th Pay Commission Latest Update: The National Council (staff side, Joint Consultive Machinery for central government employees) urge formation of 8th Pay Commission citing rising inflation and increased revenue of the Centre. In a letter to the Cabinet Secretariat, Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, National Council (staff side, JCM) claimed a gap exists between Dearness Allowance (DA) and actual price rise. He pointed to a doubling of government revenue since 2015 and decreased workforce as reasons to justify higher pay, allowances, and pensions of the central government employees.
