Summary of this article
The 8th Pay Commission extends the questionnaire deadline from Mar 16 to Mar 31, 2026.
There are 18 open-ended questions on salary, DA, the impact of revision on non-government workers, etc.
The response to the question will remain anonymous.
The 8th Pay Commission has extended the last date for submitting a response to the 18-question questionnaire. The previous submission date was March 16, 2026, which is now extended to March 31, 2026. According to the 8th Pay Commission’s post on X (formerly Twitter) on March 17, “Last date for submission of responses to the 8th CPC Questionnaire has been extended till 31.03.2026. All stakeholders are requested to utilise the extended timeline and submit their inputs.”
The questionnaire that contains 18 questions is available online on the official MyGov portal. Stakeholders, including ministries, departments, state governments, union territories, regulatory bodies, employee unions or associations, pensioners, judicial officers and employees, researchers, academicians, and individuals, can submit a response on these questions as anonymous participants.
According to the MyGov website, “The purpose of the Questionnaire is to be better informed. Names of respondents shall not be revealed, and responses to the Questionnaire will be analysed on an aggregate non-attributable basis. By participating in this questionnaire, you give consent to use the information for analysis by the Commission.”
As names will not be revealed, the objective of this questionnaire is only to gather different perspectives and be ‘better informed’ before preparing the recommendations.
What Does The Questionnaire Contain?
There are 18 questions in the questionnaire. These are about different salary components, such as salary, dearness allowance, and ideas, such as how rates and frequency of increments for different pay scales should be determined, what should be the principle to determine the salary, the impact of pay commission’s recommendations on the non-government employees and workers, among others.
These are open-ended questions, and stakeholders can reply to each question in not more than 200 words.
The notable point is that the Commission is accepting only online responses through the official website. No offline submission, or online submission through email or PDF, will be accepted for consideration.
One can log in to the official portal and register with either an email or a mobile number and submit a response. The Pay Commission is formed after almost every 10 years, which means its recommendations have a long-term and lasting impact on people’s financial status and other related aspects. Now that the date is extended, there is still time to participate and give feedback.
