New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- One year after being commissioned, the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has now completed around 66% of its tenure. In a post on its official social media account, the panel said that employees and pensioners can await the final recommendations, including the fitment factor and revised pay structure.

The Commission's decisions are expected to benefit over 1 crore people, including around 50 lakh central government employees and close to 65 lakh pensioners, including defence and railway personnel and retirees.

Chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, with Pankaj Jain, a former IAS officer, as Member-Secretary, and Professor Pulak Ghosh, a tenured Professor of Finance and Member of the Economic A...