Forget 8th Pay commission - No more pay commission for Central government employees?

Soon after the announcement of hike in Dearness Allowance (DA Hike) in January this year as per the 7th Pay Commission, rumours related to the implementation of 8th pay commission started making rounds. So, is 8th Pay Commission on the cards for the Central government employees? 

All the rumours related to the 8th Pay Commission are false and baseless as there is no such official hint or report to back the claims. Besides, if reports are to be believed, the Centre is working on measures to do away with the pay commissions and follow a performance based increment.

As per reports, the central government employees may soon get increments on the basis of their performance, similar to the norms in private sector undertakings. 

Besides, in 2016, then Finance Minister and senior BJP leader late Arun Jaitley had said in the Parliament that the government should focus on their employees and not only on the pay commissions.

Meanwhile, it is believed that the performance-based increment in government jobs will lead to dominance of the seniors and employees will face pressure and problems in carrying out their duty honestly.

"At a time when corruption continues to haunt the entire system, don't know how will increment on performance basis serve the purpose. Who will evaluate the performance and on what basis? This might put extra pressure on employees," said a Central government employee.

However, the government needs to come up with a feasible measure to evaluate the performance to ensure an unbiased increment of the employees, he added.