7th Pay Commission: The Pensioners Forum of India (BMS) has written a letter to PM Modi regarding the payment of arrears of DA, DR. BMS has appealed to PM Modi to intervene in this matter.
New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission: There is news of work for central employees. Even though the employees have started getting 28% allowance, but they are still disappointed about the arrears of 18 months. When the government had announced about the dearness allowance, it had said that they would only get the increased dearness allowance, but the arrears were not agreed upon. But, in the meantime, the expectations of the employees have increased once again. Let us know in detail.
PM Modi will now decide on arrears
But now the news is coming that the matter of 18 months arrears has reached Prime Minister Narendra Modi, now PM Modi will decide about the arrears. With this, the hopes of the central employees regarding arrears have been awakened once again. If PM Modi gives green signal to 18 months arrears, then a huge amount will come in the account of about 1 crore central employees and pensioners. At present, the dearness allowance of central employees has increased to 28%. 48 lakh central government employees and more than 65 lakh pensioners are getting the benefit of this.
Pensioners’ letter from PM Modi
The Indian Pensioners’ Forum (BMS) has written a letter to PM Modi regarding the payment of arrears of DA, DR. BMS has appealed to PM Modi to intervene in this matter. BMS has appealed that you instruct the Finance Ministry to release the arrears of DA / DR withheld between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 at the earliest. We would be extremely grateful for immediate action in this regard. Pensioners argue that during the period during which DA/DR was stopped, retail inflation has increased and prices of petrol-diesel, edible oil and pulses have reached record highs.
No decision on 18 months arrears
Let us tell you that the Finance Ministry had stopped the DA hike in May 2020 till 30 June 2021 due to the Kovid-19 epidemic. It has been reinstated from 1 July 2021. Since then three installments of Dearness Allowance have been released. In this, a total of 11 percent DA has been issued for January 2020, July 2020 and January 2021. However, dearness allowance arrears were not given for these 18 months. During the monsoon session, in a written statement in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Finance had clarified that no decision has been taken on giving arrears.
Not right decision for pensioners
DA/DR is paid to the employees and pensioners to compensate for the increase in the cost of living. During the 18 months, the cost has increased very rapidly. In such a situation, withholding money for this period is not in the interest of the employees and pensioners. It has been mentioned in the letter that most of the pensioners are of old age. Medicines require money. Also, due to the Kovid-19 crisis, the income of most pensioners is so much that they can only fill their stomach.
BMS said that there is no doubt that the country is going through a financial crisis. Most of the pensioners have contributed one day pension to the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Emergency Relief Fund (PM CARES). Now if they need it, then the government should pay ‘DA/DR’.
