18 months DA Arrears latest news: There is good news for central govt employees. After a long time, a big update has come on 18 months DA Arrears. According to media reports, the government is soon going to transfer the money of 18 months DA arrears to the employees’ account.
The government has also given information about DA arrears of 18 months in the Lok Sabha. The government had told that during the Corona epidemic, the government had benefited Rs 34,402.32 crore from the withheld dearness allowance of the employees. 48 lakh employees and more than 68 lakh pensioners can get DA arrear money soon.
3 installments were stopped
Let us tell you that till now there is no consensus regarding DA arrears from the government side, but it is expected that the government may soon take a decision on DA arrears of 18 months. The government had banned three installments of dearness allowance. In the year 2021, it was restored in the month of June.
DA will increase again in July
Recently, the central government has increased the DA of the employees. The government has increased the dearness allowance by 4 percent, after which the employees are getting DA at the rate of 42 percent. Apart from this, in July 2023, the DA of the employees will be increased again.
Will get more than 2 lakh rupees
Level-13 officers can get Rs 1,23,100 to Rs 2,15,900 from this dearness allowance. And for Level-14 (pay-scale), the DA arrears will be between Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200. If this happens, 48 lakh central government employees and more than 68 lakh pensioners will be benefited on Holi. Let us tell you that the money of DA arrears is given to the employees on the basis of their salary band.
Employees are constantly demanding
There is a constant demand of central employees that this is their right, their money should not be withheld. The employees had also appealed in the court regarding the demand for arrears allowance. On this, the Supreme Court had asked the government to consider saying that this is the right of the employees, it can be frozen but cannot be stopped.
