The Modi government has made 2.5 lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) working in the post office entitled to pay 31 percent dearness allowance. Now they will also get increased DA in salary every month like other central employees.
The Modi government has made 2.5 lakh Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) working in the post office entitled to pay 31 percent dearness allowance. Now they will also get increased DA in salary every month like other central employees. His DA has increased by 14 percent since July. The Postal Department has asked to implement it immediately.
According to ADG Tarun Mittal in the Department of Posts, Gramin Dak sewak will get the benefit of 14 percent increase in DA from July 1, 2021. Now his DA has increased from 17 percent to 31 percent. Let us tell you that the salary of GDS starts from 10 thousand rupees to 14500 rupees per month. It is made on the basis of working hours.
HS Tiwari, former president of AG Office Brotherhood, which calculates inflation, told Jagran.com that GDS is the most sought after post in the postal department. In post offices, they are appointed on the lines of a postman. At present, there are 1.71 lakh employees in the Department of Posts, while the number of GDS is close to 2.5 lakh. This figure is as of March 2020.
HS Tiwari said that the dearness allowance of GDS also did not increase during Covid. But now the government has increased the dearness allowance of all central employees. So this increase is being implemented in post offices also. Earlier, their DA also increased from 17 percent to 28 percent and now an increase of 3 percent has been received.
HS Tiwari told that if GDS works for 4 hours, then he gets 10 thousand rupees in the beginning. If 5 hours work then this amount becomes minimum Rs 12000. After this, there is an increment with experience in the salary.
