{
  "id": 18436934,
  "title": "8th CPC: 5 NC-JCM demands & impact on payouts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/8th-cpc-5-nc-jcm-demands-impact-on-payouts",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-06T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/save/8th-pay-commission-latest-news-salary-fitment-calculator-rs-69000-minimum-pay-40-hra-67-pension-5-key-nc-jcm-demands-and-impact-on-payouts/articleshow/135572703.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM), the central government employees’ body, submitted a memorandum to the 8th Pay Commission demanding several changes in pay, pension, allowances and service conditions for over one crore central government employees and pensioners. Five key demands stand out:\n\n1. The NC-JCM recommends raising the minimum salary of a central government employee from Rs 18,000 to Rs 69,000, which would entail a 3.833-fold increase and a 3.833 fitment factor. This proposal would affect the pay levels of employees across all pay scales, with the lowest level seeing a significant jump in minimum pay.\n\n2. The employee body also wants a pension equivalent to 67% of the last pay drawn and family pension equivalent to 50% of the last pay drawn. This would be a substantial increase from the current pension and family pension rates of 50% and 30% of the last pay drawn, respectively.\n\n3. The NC-JCM has suggested increasing the annual increment rate from 3% to 6%, a change that could significantly impact the total pay of employees over a decade. For instance, a Level 4 employee with a basic pay of Rs 25,500 could see an extra Rs 11,03,290 over 10 years with a 6% annual increment compared to a 3% increment.\n\n4. The NC-JCM proposes raising the House Rent Allowance (HRA) slabs to 30%, 35% and 40% for X, Y and Z city categories, respectively. This would increase the HRA amount for a Level 5 employee with a basic pay of Rs 29,200 from Rs 21,840 to Rs 24,528 under the proposed rates.\n\n5. Finally, the employee body recommends increasing the leave encashment at retirement from a maximum of 300 days to 600 days. For an employee retiring with a basic pay of Rs 50,000, this could increase the leave encashment by Rs 11,85,000.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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