The 8 th Pay Commission has extended the deadline for submitting the requisite employee data through its online portal to July 31, 2026.
The earlier deadline to submit the data was June 30. In a statement, the 8 th Pay Commission mentioned that the extension was granted because several stakeholders couldn’t meet the original deadline.
Why has the 8th Pay Commission extended the employee data submission deadline?
The 8 th Pay Commission said in a statement: “As various ministries, departments and union territories have been unable to complete the submission of the requisite data within the stipulated timeline, it has been decided to extend the last date for the submission of data through the data collection portal up to July 31, 2026.”
8th Pay Commission is not accepting data through hard copies, email
The 8 th Pay Commission has reiterated that only the data submitted through its portal will be accepted. The commission has asked stakeholders not to submit data through hard copies or emails.
The 8 th Pay Commission’s statement read, “All nodal officers are requested to ensure that the requisite information is uploaded on the data collection portal within the extended timeline. It may also be noted that physical copies, e-mails, Excel sheets, PDF files, or data submitted through any mode other than the data collection portal need not be furnished to the Commission.”
Which type of employee data is the 8th Pay Commission collecting from ministeries and other stakeholders?
The data collection exercise directs ministries and other stakeholders to collect information about employees such as-
- Sanctioned strength
- Number of personnel in position, vacancy position
- Attrition and retirement metrics (2023–2025)- Superannuation, voluntary retirement, compulsory retirements and terminations
- Resignation trends (2023–2025)- Total resignations, early-career resignations, technical resignations
- Employee age profiles at different levels
- Data on expenditure on salaries and allowances
- Data on GPF at different levels
- Advances (in lakh of rupees) during the last 3 financial years at different level
- Data on promotions through MACP in last three calendar years
- Data on number of individual consultants/retired consultants/professionals (other than contractual/outsourced manpower)
Why data collection is important for employees, pensioners
Pay commissions study such patterns to prepare their reports of recommendations. Data show changes over the years, indicating requirements of employees and pensioners in terms of payouts and other work conditions.
8th Pay Commission Bhubaneswar meetings
Even as the 8 th Pay Commission has extended the deadline for data collection, its dates for meetings in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, are also approaching.
The 8 th CPC will hold meetings with concerned stakeholders in Bhubaneswar on July 6 and 7, 2026 (Monday and Tuesday).
These stakeholders are organisations and institutions of central government as well as associations and unions of central government employees and pensioners.
The meeting is a part of the series of many such meetings that the 8 th Pay Commission has been holding all over India with the last being in Lucknow from June 22-23.
After Bhubaneswar, the 8 th Pay Commission will hold similar meetings in Kolkata, West Bengal, from July 9 to 10 (Thursday and Friday).
In these meetings, the pay commission discusses employee and pensioner suggestions on pay, pension, fitment factor, promotions, work conditions and many other employees’ issues.
The 8 th Pay Commission will consider these recommendations while preparing its report of recommendations.
The report, once prepared, will be studied by a group of ministers, and the Cabinet will give it the final approval.
