7th Pay Commission latest update: Modi government has given good news to the central employees twice this year. First increased the DA from July 1 and then increased the DA to 31 percent before Diwali. Now the central employees are waiting for their DA arrears stuck for 18 months. According to media reports, after Diwali, the Modi government can decide on the DA arrears of 18 months in November.
The pensioners had recently staged a sit-in on September 7 over the arrears of Dearness relief for 18 months and have also written a letter to the Finance Ministry and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard. Now this matter is with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he can find a solution soon. However, there has been no statement from the government on this yet.
Pensioners wrote a letter to PM Modi
The Indian Pensioners’ Forum (BMS) has appealed to PM Modi to clear the arrears of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of central employees and pensioners. Manch has written a letter to PM Modi asking him to help in this matter. The Finance Ministry had stopped the DA hike in May 2020 till 30 June 2021 due to the Kovid-19 pandemic. It was asked to restore it again from 1 July 2021.
DA increased for the second time in a year
The central government had increased the DA rate from 17 per cent to 28 per cent in July this year. Now with an increase of 3 percent, the rate of DA has been increased to 31 percent. The government has increased DA for the second time. The government has increased dearness allowance by 3 per cent from 28 to 31 per cent.
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