Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chowdhary replied in writing that there is no plan to give arrears of three installments of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to central employees and pensioners. Chowdhary said that various central government employees’ and pensioners’ associations had given several applications to the government regarding the release of 18 months’ DA and DR.

The government had banned dearness allowance to central employees and dearness relief to pensioners during the Corona period. The Union Minister of State for Finance said that the decision to stop the dearness allowance issued on January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 was taken due to the economic disruption caused by the Corona epidemic, so that the financial burden on the government could be reduced. The government had saved an amount of Rs 34,402.32 crore through this.

Employees were demanding for a long time

According to Pankaj Chaudhary, the government had to make provision of a lot of money for welfare schemes during the epidemic period. Its effect has been seen in 2020-21 and even after that. The government clarified that at present the budget deficit is twice as compared to the provisions of the FRBM Act, so it is not proposed to give DA.

It is clear from this that crores of government employees have been shocked by this news and their hopes of getting their arrears have been dashed. The employees have been waiting for their outstanding DA amount for a long time and were demanding the government to take a quick decision on it.

There was an increase in DA in September.

Significantly, the Modi government had given a big gift to the central employees a month before Diwali. The central government had increased the dearness allowance (DA) of central employees by 4 percent. Central employees used to get 34 per cent DA, which has now increased to 38 per cent. Apart from the central government, the governments of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, UP, Karnataka, Punjab and Assam have announced an increase in the DA of their employees.

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Actually, the central government employees have been waiting for some big decisions from the center for many months and there is a possibility that they may get 3 gifts related to salary increase from the center in the coming new year. This includes increase in DA, fitment factor and payment of outstanding DA. According to reports, government employees can get their gift from the government in the new year.

Decision on outstanding DA of 18 months The DA of the last 18 months from January 2020 to June 2021 is still pending. According to media reports, if the DA is calculated for 18 months, then it can reach from thousands of rupees to lakhs of rupees. In such a situation, the employees are hopeful that a decision can be taken on the outstanding DA of 18 months in the coming year.

Increase in fitment factor

A decision to increase the fitment factor can be taken after next year’s Union Budget through the Central Government. If the fitment factor is increased, then there will be a significant increase in the salary of the employees. Government employees are hopeful that a decision on the fitment factor can be taken soon through the government.

Next DA Hike

If reports are to be believed then in view of the high inflation rate for government employees, DA can be increased by 3 to 5 percent in the new year. Recently, the Union Cabinet had approved 4 percent Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for government employees and pensioners payable from 01.07.2022.

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