18 Months DA Arrear Proposal: There is good news for 1 crore central employees and pensioners. Employees can get 18 months DA arrears. Modi government has received a proposal to give 18 months DA arrears to employees
18 Months DA Arrear Proposal: In view of the COVID-19 epidemic, the central government had stopped the payment of Dearness Allowance (DA) of central employees and Dearness Relief (DR) of pensioners for 18 months from January 2020 to June 2021. Now it is expected that this DA and DR arrears can be given to central employees and pensioners. The Modi government has received a proposal to release 18 months’ DA arrears and it is expected that the government may announce the payment of arrears in the full budget 2024 to be presented on July 23.
Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary, Joint Consultative Machinery for Central Government Employees, National Council (Staff Side) has urged the Central Government to release the DA arrears of 18 months that were withheld earlier. Earlier, Mukesh Singh, General Secretary, Bharatiya Pratiraksha Mazdoor Sangh had urged the Central Government to release the payment.
DA stopped during Covid has not been received yet
DA arrears of 18 months are still pending. According to a letter written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, it is written in the letter that we fully understand the financial difficulties caused by the Kovid 19 epidemic. Due to this, three installments of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) were stopped for the financial year 2020-21. However, as our country is slowly recovering from the effects of the epidemic, it is a pleasure to see the improvement in the financial condition of our country.
Modi government received the proposal for 18 months DA arrears
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Mishra said that as Secretary (Employee Side) of the National Council (JCM), it is my duty to draw your attention to some major issues that are bothering the central government employees and pensioners. If the government accepts the proposal of 18 months DA arrears, then the employees can get a big amount in salary. This will help them in times of inflation.
