Agartala, 27th August 2026 : Tripura government has begun preparations for constituting the state’s 8th Pay Commission, Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy informed the Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Addressing the first day of the 10th session of the 13th Tripura Legislative Assembly, Singha Roy traced the evolution of the state’s pay revision system and said the government was examining the composition of the proposed commission, including the appointment of its Chairman and members.
According to the Finance Minister, Tripura introduced its first set of pay and allowance rules for government employees in 1963, largely following the framework adopted by the Central Government. After attaining full statehood, the state introduced the Tripura Government Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 1975, marking the beginning of a structured pay revision system.
Subsequent revisions were undertaken in 1982, 1988, 1999 and 2009, based on the recommendations of different Pay Commissions and Pay Revision Committees. The 1988 rules followed the recommendations of the third Pay Commission constituted in 1985, while the fourth Pay Commission, formed in 1996, paved the way for the Revised Pay Rules, 1999.
A further revision followed the constitution of a Pay Revision Committee in 2008, with the Revised Pay Rules, 2009, becoming effective from January 1, 2006.
The state later constituted a Pay and Pension Revision Committee in 2017, whose recommendations resulted in the Revised Pay Rules, 2017, coming into effect from April 1 of that year.
Singha Roy said a major change came after the present government took office in 2018, when an Expert Committee was formed to examine pay and pension revision. Its recommendations led to the Tripura State Civil Services (1st Amendment) Rules, 2018, which took effect from October 1, 2018.
He specifically pointed out that the fitment factor was increased from 2.25 to 2.57 following the committee’s recommendations. This resulted in a substantial enhancement of the basic pay of serving employees and the basic pension of retired employees.
The Finance Minister said the increase in basic pay and pension also had a direct impact on the government’s expenditure on Dearness Allowance, as a higher basic pay meant a considerably larger financial requirement even when the DA rate remained unchanged.
Referring to the Central Government’s decision, Singha Roy said the 8th Central Pay Commission was constituted on November 3, 2025, under the chairmanship of Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. He noted that most states had so far refrained from setting up new pay commissions, with only a few exceptions.
Despite this, he said Tripura was already moving ahead with preparations for its own 8th Pay Commission.
“Our Chief Minister and our government are already preparing to set up the 8th Pay Commission,” Singha Roy said, adding that the process of finalising the Chairman and members was likely underway.
He also said that some members had already been identified and expressed hope that the commission would examine long-pending pay anomalies along with other issues concerning employees and pensioners.
The Finance Minister said the government expected the proposed commission to undertake a detailed assessment of these issues and submit suitable recommendations after a thorough review.
