Push for 8th CPC Pension Revision: DoPT Forwards Demands; A Look Back at the 1985 Precedent
Push for 8th CPC Pension Revision: DoPT Forwards Demands; A Look Back at the 1985 Precedent
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has taken a crucial step regarding the Eighth Central Pay Commission (8th CPC) by forwarding formal demands to amend its Terms of Reference (ToR).
Through an Office Memorandum dated August 18, 2026, the DoPT directed representations from prominent unions—the All India RMS, MMS & Postal Pensioners Association and the All India Defence Employees’ Federation (AIDEF)—to the Department of Expenditure. These associations are urgently requesting that the 8th CPC’s ToR be amended to explicitly mandate the revision of pensions for past pensioners who retired before January 1, 2026.
While the final decision on these representations now rests with the Department of Expenditure, staffnews.in is publishing a key historical document alongside this DoPT letter to provide deeper context for our readers.
Amending a Pay Commission’s ToR to address pensioner issues has a strong historical precedent. In a comparable scenario in November 1985, the Ministry of Finance issued an Extraordinary Gazette Notification to amend the ToR of the Fourth Central Pay Commission. That historic resolution added a specific clause directing the 4th CPC to examine and recommend a “proper pension structure for pensioners—both past and future,” factoring in prevailing economic conditions and comparative retirement benefits.
As central government employees and pensioners await the government’s response to the current demands, this 1985 notification serves as a vital reminder that a Pay Commission’s framework can indeed be expanded to protect the financial security of past retirees.
8वें वेतन आयोग में पेंशन संशोधन की मांग तेज: DoPT ने अभ्यावेदन आगे बढ़ाए; 1985 की ऐतिहासिक मिसाल पर एक नजर
कार्मिक और प्रशिक्षण विभाग (DoPT) ने आठवें केंद्रीय वेतन आयोग (8th CPC) के संबंध में एक महत्वपूर्ण कदम उठाते हुए इसके विचारार्थ विषयों (Terms of Reference – ToR) में संशोधन की औपचारिक मांगों को आगे बढ़ा दिया है।
18 अगस्त 2026 के एक कार्यालय ज्ञापन (Office Memorandum) के माध्यम से, DoPT ने प्रमुख संघों—ऑल इंडिया आरएमएस, एमएमएस एंड पोस्टल पेंशनर्स एसोसिएशन और ऑल इंडिया डिफेंस एम्प्लॉइज फेडरेशन (AIDEF)—से प्राप्त अभ्यावेदनों (representations) को व्यय विभाग (Department of Expenditure) को भेज दिया है। ये संघ तत्काल मांग कर रहे हैं कि 8वें वेतन आयोग के ToR में संशोधन किया जाए ताकि 1 जनवरी 2026 से पहले सेवानिवृत्त हुए पूर्व पेंशनभोगियों के लिए पेंशन के संशोधन को स्पष्ट रूप से अनिवार्य किया जा सके।
हालांकि इन अभ्यावेदनों पर अंतिम निर्णय अब व्यय विभाग के पास है, staffnews.in अपने पाठकों को विषय की गहराई और स्पष्ट संदर्भ प्रदान करने के लिए इस DoPT पत्र के साथ एक प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक दस्तावेज भी प्रकाशित कर रहा है।
पेंशनभोगियों के मुद्दों को हल करने के लिए वेतन आयोग के ToR में संशोधन करने की एक मजबूत ऐतिहासिक मिसाल रही है। नवंबर 1985 में इसी तरह के एक परिदृश्य में, वित्त मंत्रालय ने चौथे केंद्रीय वेतन आयोग के ToR में संशोधन करने के लिए एक असाधारण राजपत्र अधिसूचना (Extraordinary Gazette Notification) जारी की थी। उस ऐतिहासिक संकल्प में 4वें वेतन आयोग को निर्देशित करते हुए एक विशिष्ट खंड जोड़ा गया था, जिसमें तत्कालीन आर्थिक स्थितियों और तुलनात्मक सेवानिवृत्ति लाभों को ध्यान में रखते हुए “पूर्व और भविष्य दोनों प्रकार के पेंशनभोगियों के लिए एक उचित पेंशन संरचना” की जांच और सिफारिश करने के लिए कहा गया था।
चूंकि केंद्र सरकार के कर्मचारी और पेंशनभोगी वर्तमान मांगों पर सरकार के जवाब का बेसब्री से इंतजार कर रहे हैं, 1985 की यह अधिसूचना एक महत्वपूर्ण अनुस्मारक के रूप में कार्य करती है कि पूर्व सेवानिवृत्त कर्मचारियों की वित्तीय सुरक्षा को सुनिश्चित करने के लिए वेतन आयोग के दायरे और ढांचे का वास्तव में विस्तार किया जा सकता है।
Text of DoP&T O.M. dated 18.08.2026
F.No 6/2/2025-jCA
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
Pers Policy (JCA) Section
Room No. 615, GPOA 3,
Netaji Nagar, New Delhi
Dated: 18-08-2026
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Request for amendment to the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Eighth Central Pay Commission for inclusion of pension revision of past pensioners who retired before 01/01/2026 and pensioners’ issues.
The undersigned is directed to forward herewith the representations received from the following Service Associations on the subject mentioned above for action as deemed appropriate.
| Sl No. | Reference No. | Received from |
| 1. | No. AIRM & PPA/ Delhi 8CPC/2026 dated 30.07.2026 | Shri Giri Raj Singh, General Secretary, All India RMS, MMS & Postal Pensioners Association CHQ Delhi |
| 2. | Ref No. 115/10115/8th CPC/AIDEF/26 dated 04.08.2026 | Shri C. Srikumar, General Secretary, All India Defence Employees’ Federation |
Encl. As above.
(Gandharv Kumar Sandilya)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tele: 011- 2677 3476
To
The Department of Expenditure
[Kind attention: Shri Vijay Kumar Sharma, US (Establishment III.A)],
16108, C Wing. Work Hall,
Kartavya Bhawan – I, New Delhi.
Copy to:
- Shri Giri Raj Singh,-General Secretary,
All India RMS, MMS & Postal Pensioners Association CHQ Delhi,
House No. 2/28, Ram Mohalia Village johripur, Delhi-110094 - Shri C. Srikumar, General Secretary,
All India Defence Employees’ Federation,
S.M. Joshi Bhavan’, Survey No. 81,
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Road,
Khadki, Pune-411003
Historical Reference about amendment of Terms of Reference of Central Pay Commission:-
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART-I – Section 1
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 8th November, 1985
RESOLUTION
No. 5 (56)-E. III/83 :—The Government of India have decided that the Terms of Reference of the Fourth Central Pay Commission as contained in this Ministry’s Resolution of even number dated 29th July, 19S3 as amended vide this Ministry’s Resolution of even number dated 16th February, 1985 shall be further amended by addition of a new para 2(A) below para 2(5) of the Resolution as under :—
“2(A) :—To examine, with a view to having a proper pension structure far pensioners— both past and future—the existing pension structure; including death-cum-retirement benefits, and make recommendations which may be desirable and feasible having regard, among other relevant factors, to the retirement benefits available to employees of the Public Sector Undertakings, State Governments etc., economic conditions in the country, the resources of the Central Government and the demands thereon such as those on account of developmental planning, defence and national security.”
Ordered that the Resolution be published in the Gazette of India.
Ordered also that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to the Fourth Central Pay Commission, Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, State Governments/Administrations of Union Territories and all others concerned.
S. VENKITARAMANAN, Secy.
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