8th Pay Commission, Dec. 14 -- Since the Indian government set up their 8th Pay Commission to re-evaluate the salaries for the central government employees, people have raised questions about their pensions, payments and dearness allowances (DA). In a recent post on X, the government addressed a message circulating on social media that claimed pensioners will stop getting DA hikes under the new Finance Act 2025.

On Saturday, 13 December 2025, the central government issued a clarification that a message has been circulating on the social media messaging platform, WhatsApp, which alleged that the central government has withdrawn post-retirement benefits for pensioners under the Finance Act 2025.

"A message circulating on #WhatsApp claims ...