7th Pay Commission: According to media reports, the central government can give a lump sum of Rs 1.50 lakh to its employees in the form of DA arrears for 18 months.
7th Pay commission: After the increase in DA by four percent before Diwali, the central government can once again give a big gift to the central employees. According to reports, after Diwali, the government can now give 18 months of arrears of DA arrears to central employees and pensioners.
According to media reports, the central government can take a big decision on the arrears soon. According to media reports, the government can give a lump sum of Rs 1.50 to government employees. If this happens, a lot of money will come together in the salary of government employees.
However, till now the government has clarified this. The government has said earlier that they have no intention of giving DA during the Corona crisis. Meanwhile, pressure is being put on the government on behalf of the employees’ organizations regarding the outstanding DA arrears.
According to reports, on August 18, 2022, the Secretary (Staff Side) of the National Council, Shiv Gopal Mishra, has written a letter to the Cabinet Secretary and the President of the National Council, demanding payment of arrears of dearness allowance and dearness relief for one and a half years.
Shiv Gopal Mishra wrote a letter to the Cabinet Secretary
According to the information, Shiv Gopal Mishra has referred to the Supreme Court’s decision dated 8 February 2021 in a letter to the Cabinet Secretary, in which the Supreme Court had said that due to the economic crisis, the salary and pension of the employees can be stopped immediately. , but it will have to be given back to the employees when the situation improves. This is the right of the employees. Payment should be made as per law.
The government has frozen the arrears of 18 months
Let us tell you that the central government had increased the dearness allowance by 11 percent from July 2021. After that dearness allowance has been increased thrice. The total dearness allowance reached 38 percent. But, after freezing for one and a half years, there was no talk about DA arrears. The government has made it clear that dearness allowance was frozen at the time of Corona. So there is no option of arrears.
Employees will get benefit of up to Rs 2,18,200
According to a rough estimate, the DA arrears of Level-1 employees range from Rs 11,880 to Rs 37,554. DA of Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200 is drawn on employees at level-13 (7th CPC basic pay scale of Rs 1,23,100 to Rs 2,15,900) or level-14 (pay scale). The amount of arrears will be different for different grades of employees.
Government increases DA to improve living conditions
In fact, dearness allowance and dearness relief are given to government employees and public sector employees and pensioners. DA is given to improve the living conditions of government employees. It is given to government employees, public sector employees and pensioners. The reason for giving it is that the standard of living of the employees should be maintained even in the rising inflation.
