7th Pay Commission 18 Months DA Arrear News: If the government increases the DA by 4 per cent in July by 4 per cent in view of the inflation data, then 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners will get the benefit. The DA received by government employees is part of their salary.
The government can give good news to the central employees next month. It is reported that for the second time this year, an increase in the DA (Dearness Allowance DA) of government employees can be announced. It is expected that the government can increase the DA by up to 5 percent, keeping in view the inflation figures. Apart from this, the government can give the outstanding DA of the employees. The government had banned the DA of employees for 18 months due to Covid. The employees are continuously demanding payment of their dues.
Government employees have 18 months DA arrears (18 months DA arrears). During the Corona epidemic, the government had banned DA. Employees are continuously demanding its payment. However, no announcement has been made by the government regarding increasing DA and payment of outstanding DA. In March this year, the government had increased the DA of central employees by 3 percent. According to reports, the government can make a big announcement in the this week of August.
How much DA are you getting now
Employees are continuously demanding withheld DA from January 2020 to June 2021. According to the news, the government can put a lump sum of Rs 1.50 lakh in the account of central employees. However, no statement has come from the government in this regard so far. The government has increased the DA by 11 percent from 2021 till now. In March this year itself, there was a 3 percent increase in DA (3 percent in DA). At present, DA is being given to the employees at the rate of 34 percent on the basic pay.
DA arrears will be available in lump sum
It is being said that if the government pays the outstanding DA next month, then it will add the increased 11 percent and put money in the account. Dearness Allowance for January 2020, June 2020, January 2021 was frozen due to Corona. If the news is to be believed, then if we talk about the arrears of 18 months, then 11 percent one-time arrears will be given. Employees will get DA arrears as per their pay band.
DA is part of salary structure
If the government increases the DA by 4 per cent in July in view of the inflation data, then 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners will get the benefit. The DA that government employees get is part of their salary structure. The government increases DA according to inflation, so that there is no impact on the standard of living of the employees.
How much will be the benefit
The inflation rate in the country has remained consistently higher than the target set by the Reserve Bank. In view of this, it is being said that the government can increase the DA of employees by 4-5 percent (DA of employees by 4-5 percent) next month. According to an estimate, if the basic salary of an employee is Rs 18,000, then his dearness allowance at the rate of 34 per cent becomes Rs 6,120. Now if it is 38 percent, then the employee will get dearness allowance of Rs 6,840. In this way, he will get an annual salary of Rs 8,640 more.
