India, June 16 -- 8th Pay Commission Latest Updates: The first phase of the 8th Pay Commission process, kind of, officially wrapped up with the closure of the memorandum submission window,yesteray, on June 15, 2026. The Commission has made it pretty clear there won't be any extensions and that only submissions supported by a valid Unique Memo ID will be taken into account. Physical copies, emails, and PDF submissions have all been ruled out, no exceptions. So now the attention shifts away from what employees and pensioners are asking for and toward what the Commission will actually accept, modify, or just reject. The main requests are broadly things like higher minimum basic pay, a revised fitment factor, the possibility of a DA merger, a...