Central employees have started getting the benefit of 31 percent dearness allowance and relief under the 7th Pay Commission, but till now the arrears of 18 months have not been decided, although the matter has reached PM Narendra Modi, so there is a possibility It is being expressed that a decision can be taken in the end of November or the first week of December. If this happens, then about 1 crore employees of the country will get its benefit and there will be a big jump in the salary.
In fact, recently, the Modi government at the Center has given a gift to the central employees and pensioners, under which the government has increased the DA and DR of 28 percent to 31. This will give 47 lakh 14 thousand employees and 68 lakh 62 thousand. Pensioners will be benefited. This will increase the burden of 9488.74 crores annually on the exchequer and about 1 crore employees will get big benefits in salary. This increase of DA / DR will be applicable from July 1 to December 2021.
The money for the same 3 months July, August, September arrears (DA Arrear news) will also be available, but the arrears from June to July have not been decided yet. The DA and DR (arrears) are yet to be decided for 18 months from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2021, for which the employees have been waiting for a long time. Pensioners staged a sit-in on 7 September 2021 regarding the arrears of Dearness relief for 18 months And a letter has also been written to the Finance Ministry and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Indian Pensioners’ Forum (BPM) has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to release Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) dues for central government employees and pensioners at the earliest. After reaching the matter to the PM, it is expected that he can take a decision on 18 months dues in November. According to media reports, an employee can get benefits up to 2 lakhs. The DA arrears can be paid by the government from Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200.
