Now the question is whether the central employees and pensioners will get the arrears of these 18 months? On this issue, MP Anand Bhadauria raised questions in the Lok Sabha regarding the DA arrears of central government employees during COVID-19 and a direct question was asked to the government. The central government gave a precise answer to this in the Parliament.

According to the news published in Economic Times, the government told the Parliament that it was decided to stop the payment of three installments of 18 months from 1 January 2020, 1 July 2020 and 1 January 2021 during the Corona epidemic. At that time the country’s economy had deteriorated. There was a lot of pressure on the government treasury. In such a situation, this step was taken to reduce the burden of expenditure and maintain financial stability.

The government replied in Parliament

When the government was asked when the pending DA and DR will be released? On this, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that the impact of the economic loss during the Corona epidemic and the additional expenditure on welfare schemes continued even beyond 2020-21. In such a situation, it is not possible to pay these outstanding installments at present.

Overall, the government has clearly refused to pay the 18 months’ DA/DR dues of central employees and pensioners. It is being said that during the Corona period, the central government had saved Rs 34,402 crore by stopping DA-DR for 18 months.

Know what is dearness allowance

Dearness Allowance (DA) is an additional part of the salary given by the government to its employees to give them relief from inflation. Its purpose is to reduce the impact of rising prices. Dearness Relief (DR) is given to pensioners to provide similar relief.

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A new update has come regarding the pending DA arrears of central employees. According to media reports, the government can take a decision on this after Diwali. It is being said that the government can soon announce the payment of outstanding DA to the employees. However, nothing has been said about this officially from the government yet.

If the news is to be believed, then if the matter is made on the arrears, then a lump sum arrear of 11 percent will be given. The employees will get the DA arrear money according to their salary band.

Diwali Gift
In September, the government has increased the DA of central employees by giving them a big festive gift before Diwali. In the meeting of the Union Cabinet, a four percent increase in the Dearness Allowance of the employees was approved. After this, the DA they get has increased from 34 per cent to 38 per cent.

The benefit of this increased DA will be given to the employees from July 1, 2022. That is, there will be a big increase in the salary they get on Diwali.

DA arrears stopped in the era of Corona
The DA Arrears of central employees from January 2020 to June 2021 are pending. It is noteworthy that the government had stopped the DA of employees for 18 months during the outbreak of Kovid-19 epidemic in the country. Now that the outbreak of Corona is almost over and all the restrictions applicable to it have been removed.

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If this happens, then thousands of rupees will increase in the account of government employees. Demand for DA Hike arrears For your information, let us tell you that according to the data of AICPI from July 2020 to December 2020 by the Labor Office, the DA of central employees was increased by 4%.

The DA of central employees has increased from 17% to 31% by January 2021. In view of the outbreak of Corona epidemic, the central government had frozen the hike till June 2021. But now that the situation has become normal, the employees are demanding the arrears of DA Hike. 18 months arrears outstanding with the government For this demand, Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees, is in talks with the government.

In a letter to the government, he has said that DA is a part of salary. Altogether 18 months arrears are due with the government. So it should be released soon. It cannot be stopped. Mishra has cited the order of the Supreme Court in favor of his point, in which it has been said that if there is a delay in salary or pension, then interest should be given on it. This is the right of a government employee. On this basis, the government cannot stop DA or its arrears.

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