It is possible to increase the DR and DA of the employees till next month. More than one crore central employees and pensioners will get the benefit of this.
Important updates have come out for lakhs of 7th pay commission employees and pensioners of the center. On one hand, their DA-DR may see an increase by the last week of August. On the other hand, the Central Government has also given a big answer on the 8th Pay Commission. The Central Government has clarified in the Rajya Sabha that no proposal is under consideration regarding the 8th Pay Commission.
The Central Government has refuted the claim, saying that there will be no Eighth Central Pay Commission to revise the salary allowances and pension of Central employees and pensioners. Responding in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary said that there is no need to constitute another Pay Commission to review the salary allowances and pensions given to the Central Government employees and pensioners as per the recommendation of the Seventh Pay Commission. Is.
Chowdhary has clarified that 7th CPC Pay Matrix (7th CPCs Pay metric) can be reviewed from time to time without waiting for a long period of 10 years as per the Chairman of 7th Pay Commission. At the same time, review and revision of pay matrix can be done on the basis of Acroyd formula. Responding to another question, the government clarified that according to the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), the inflation rate for May 2022 has been recorded at 15.88% which is the highest in 30 years.
But Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for Central Government employees and pensioners are not calculated on the basis of Inflationary Wholesale Price Index (WPI) but All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) issued by Ministry of Labor and Employment, Labor Bureau Shimla. According to the rate of inflation is determined. In such a situation, the increase in DA and DR for employees and pensioners will not go according to WPI but according to the figures of AICPI-IW.
4% increase in dearness allowance of central employees is almost certain. The AICPI Index has increased by 0.2 points in the month of June. After which it is possible to increase the DR and DA of the employees till next month. More than one crore central employees and pensioners will get the benefit of this. Let us inform that at present the DA of central employees pensioners is 34%. At the same time, after an increase of 4%, the probability of it becoming 38% has increased. With this increase, the employees will get a benefit of Rs 27120 annually.
