Cabinet Meeting : The Modi government at the Center may decide to increase the dearness allowance of government employees by 4 percent and it can be announced today.
Cabinet Meeting: Today, lakhs of government employees and pensioners of the country can get a big gift in the Central Cabinet meeting. The Modi government at the Center may decide to increase the dearness allowance of government employees by 4 percent and after this their DA will increase to 50 percent.
If the government increases both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief (DA & DR), it will cost the central government exchequer Rs 12,857 crore every year. About 48.67 lakh central government employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners will benefit from this.
of the current central government maybe this last cabinet meeting
This could possibly be the last cabinet meeting of the current Modi government at the Center because next week the Election Commission will announce the dates of Lok Sabha elections . With this, the election code of conduct will come into force and after this it will not be possible for the central government to take this decision.
When was the last time DA of government employees increased?
On July 18 last year, the Modi government had increased the dearness allowance of central employees by 4 percent from 42 percent to 46 percent. This decision of the government had benefited 47 lakh employees and 68 lakh pensioners. If DA is increased by 4 percent today, then government employees will be entitled to 50 percent dearness allowance.
Dearness allowance will be 50 percent!
Lakhs of central government employees are waiting for the announcement of the next increase in their DA. DA or Dearness Allowance is a component of the salary of central government employees whose aim is to reduce the impact of inflation in the country.
The Labor Bureau of the Labor Ministry of the government can increase the dearness allowance to 50 percent this time on the basis of Consumer Price Index (CPI-IW) data for industrial workers.
