New Delhi, May 4 -- The 8th central pay commission (CPC) has planned state visits to Telangana, Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir in May and June 2026 for consultations with representatives.

A central government constituted panel, the CPCs are formed every 10 years to revise allowances, pay and pensions of its employees. The current panel is the eight such constituted by the central government since Independence.

Chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash
Desai, the other 8th CPC members are Pankaj Jain, former IAS, as Member-Secretary, and Professor Pulak Ghosh, tenured Professor of Finance, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, as a Member of the Commission.

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