Budget 2023 : 5 days are left for the presentation of Budget 2023 . Now as the budget day is nearing, the expectations of the government employees have increased.
If the government accepts the three demands of the employees, there will be a huge increase in the salaries of the central employees. This includes increase in DA of employees, DA arrears of 18 months and increase in fitment factor. This time the government employees are hopeful that the government will definitely include their three things in the Union Budget 2023.
Three demands of government employees from the budget
In the budget to be presented on February 1, there is little hope of making an announcement directly regarding the salary of the central employees, but the government can make an announcement regarding the 7th Pay Commission. Can announce allocation in the budget to increase the salary of the employees.
Government should give DA arrears of 18 months
To deal with inflation in the budget, the government will give some relief to the employees. If the Modi government accepts the three demands related to the salaries of the employees in the budget, then there can be a big increase in their salaries. Out of this, the first demand is regarding DA arrears of 18 months. During the time of Kovid, the government did not increase DA for 18 months from January 2020 to June 2021. Then the government had increased the DA by 11 percent on July 1, 2021, but did not say anything about DA not increased for 18 months. Since then government employees are expecting that they will get DA arrears of 18 months.
The fitment factor should be revised
Central government employees have been demanding increase in fitment factor for a long time. With the increase in the fitment factor, the minimum basic pay of the employees will be increased from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. That is, the minimum salary will increase by Rs 8,000 directly. The employees are demanding the government to increase the fitment factor from 2.57 per cent to 3.68 per cent.
Dearness allowance should be increased with the budget
The government increases Dearness allowance (DA) twice a year in January and July. Government employees have been demanding that the first hike in DA of the year should be done along with the budget to be presented on February 1 or later. So that, before Holi, their salary can be increased. If media reports are to be believed then the government can increase DA between 3 to 5 percent. Right now the DA is 38 per cent.
