INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
If this proposal gets cleared, DA for government employees will be increased to 31 per cent.New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to
discuss a proposal to hike Dearness Allowance (DA) of the central government employees and pensioners by 3 per cent, sources told
TheIndianSubcontinent on Thursday
If this proposal gets cleared, DA for government employees will be increased to 31 per cent.Earlier in September, the Department of
Expenditure, under the Ministry of Finance, had issued a memorandum stating the retired central government employees will receive cash
payment and gratuity. Prior to this, the Centre had approved an increase in DA and Dearness Relief (DR) given to central government
employees and pensioners from 17 per cent to 28 per cent.The increase was applicable from July 1, 2021 and benefitted around 48.34 lakh
central government employees and 65.26 lakh pensioners.The memorandum had also mentioned the matters relating to the payment of the DA
during the period from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.It had stated that the rate of DA for this period would “remain the same 17 per
cent of the basic pay, the same had been enhanced to 28 per cent of basic pay subsuming additional instalments arising on January 1, 2020 (4
per cent), July 1, 2020 (3 per cent) and January 1, 2021 (4 per cent) payable with effect from July 1, 2021.”"For employees retiring
during the period and the Notional Percentage of Dearness Allowance for calculation purpose will be: From January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020:
21 per cent of basic pay; From July 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020: 24 per cent of basic pay; From January 1, 2021, to May 30, 2021: 28 per
cent of basic pay," the memo further mentioned.In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government had frozen the three additional instalments
of the DA and DR which were due from January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021.The Centre's DA hike, effective from July 1, had
implied that the employees won't get any arrears on non-revision of DA for the previous period.
