Members of the Maharashtra Old Pension Organization had a meeting with the 8th Pay Commission chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai, along with other members in Pune on Tuesday (May 5, 2026). They pushed for a minimum basic salary of Rs 65,000 and a fitment factor of 3.8 for all central government employees under the 8th CPC.
They also had several other requests, including a guaranteed minimum 4% increase in dearness allowance (DA), raising the limits for house rent allowance (HRA) and travel allowance (TA), quicker career progression, and extending pay commission benefits to those enrolled in the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).
