7th Pay Commission 18 months DA Arear Big Update: Recently, the Modi government has given a gift to the government employees in the festive time by increasing the DA arrears of 18 months.
With this decision of the government, the Diwali of the government employees has already been decided. The wait for 18 months DA arrears (DA) is not over yet. Government employees are hopeful that the government can take a decision soon on the DA arrears of 18 months.
Modi government may take a decision in November
Update has come on 18 months DA arrears of government employees. According to media reports, the government can take a decision on DA arrears after Diwali. The government can make an announcement on this soon. However, no official announcement has been made by the government.
DA was not increased at the time of Corona
The government did not increase the DA of employees from January 2020 to June 2021. DA was not given during that time. The government did not increase the DA for 18 months due to Corona. However, now the outbreak of corona in the country has reduced significantly. Now after increasing the DA of 4 percent by the government, the hope of getting the stalled DA again has arisen.
Government increased DA
The Office Memorandum (OM) for the revised rates of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees has been issued by the Department of Expenditure (DOE) of the Ministry of Finance on Monday, 3 October 2022. The rate of Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees has been increased from 34% to 38% of basic pay with effect from July 1, 2022. Dearness allowance is calculated on the basic pay. According to the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission, the government has got the basic pay at the prescribed level in the pay matrix. It does not include any allowance.
