In fact, Mukesh Singh, General Secretary of Bharatiya Immunity Mazdoor Sangh, has written a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and said that the allowance withheld from government employees and retired people during the pandemic should now be returned. He emphasized their contribution during Covid-19 and their role in supporting the country’s efforts.

Discussion regarding 18 months DA

It is written in the proposal that on January 25, the arrears of Dearness Allowance (DA) to the central government employees and pensioners have been discussed in detail. These dues relate to the 18-month period during which DA and dearness relief (DR) payments were suspended due to financial stress in the pandemic.

Arrears DA may be released in the budget

In the proposal sent, Mukesh Singh said that I would like to highlight the important contribution of all government employees and pensioners during challenging times. His unwavering dedication and hard work was instrumental in ensuring the smooth functioning of essential services and supporting the nation’s fight. He said that he requests to release the three installments that were stopped during Covid in the upcoming budget.

Payment of dues not possible

After the country’s financial condition improved, Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Pankaj Choudhary, had earlier indicated that it was not considered possible to pay the dues from the challenging financial year 2020-21 due to negative.

How much can dearness allowance increase?

It is noteworthy that the Central Government is currently giving 46 percent dearness allowance to employees and pensioners under the 7th Pay Commission. It is expected that this time too, after January, employees may get the gift of 4% DA Hike. If this happens then dearness allowance of pensioners and employees will increase to 50 percent.

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Along with the announcement of this allowance, the government has also issued a notification. This allowance is given to pensioners and employees to provide relief from inflation.

The West Bengal government on Friday issued a notification to give Dearness Allowance (DA) at the rate of six per cent of basic pay to employees, pensioners and family pensioners, which will be effective from March 1. This increase has been done under the 6th Pay Commission. According to the government’s notification, the 6 per cent hike in DA is due to a total of 3 per cent announced in December 2020 and 3 per cent announced in January 2021.

How will dearness allowance be calculated?

Information has also been given in the notification that how the dearness allowance will be calculated. The calculation of DA will be done according to the revised basic pay and non-allowance. If there is no other allowance then the basic pay and DA will be calculated. This increased DA will be applicable to teachers and other employees of government-aided institutions as well as employees of local bodies.

On the other hand, in the case of pension, it will be the responsibility of the pension disbursing authority to calculate the amount of dearness relief on the revised pension and allocate the amount of pension amount in each individual case.

DA is less than the central government

A state government employee said that even after this increase, the DA given to its employees by the central government would be 32 percent less. Many organizations of state government employees are demanding DA equalization with the Center. In the beginning of this week itself, ignoring the warning of action, he did a 48-hour ‘pen down’ movement.

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