8th Pay Commission Moves Forward As Govt Starts Staffing Process
The government has begun staffing the 8th Pay Commission, signalling faster progress on salary, pension, and allowance revisions for central government employees and pensioners.
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Apart from greater digital access, the study also found that there’s an increasing appetite for wealth creation which is driving more and more households into investing in the capital market.
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For depositors, there is no real shift in how TDS on bank interest will be applied. The threshold-based system continues, and banks will deduct tax only when interest exceeds the prescribed limits
The regulator’s latest communication is being seen as an attempt to ensure that insurance companies do not treat cybersecurity as only a compliance exercise
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What Is 8th Pay Commission?
The Central Pay Commission is a government-appointed panel that decides how much central government employees should be paid and how their benefits should evolve over time. Since the setting up of the first CPC in 1946, these reviews have shaped how millions of government employees are compensated. On November 3, 2025, the 8th CPC was constituted to provide its recommendations within 18 months. The proposed revisions are expected to touch around five million central government employees, and around 6.80 million pensioners.
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Retirement planning is often reduced to a single, intimidating question: How big should the number be? For many investors, this obsession with a corpus figure creates more anxiety than clarity. In reality, retirement is not about reaching a magical amount in the bank.
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