7th Pay Commission: Major information! To central staff, no dearness allowance will be granted for the following 18 months. Government clarification

 7th Pay Commission: Major information! To central staff, no dearness allowance will be granted for the following 18 months. Government clarification

(DA arrears) - The government has made it clear that central personnel will not receive dearness allowance (DA) for the remaining 18 months of their employment.


Latest News from the 7th Pay Commission: The increase in the dearness allowance beginning in January 2023 is anticipated by central employees. The Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday is anticipated to approve the DA hike. The request for past DA arrears, however, has come as a shock to the staff. The central government has blatantly refused to pay the arrears of elderly dearness allowance (DA arrears). The government has made it clear that central personnel will not receive dearness allowance (DA) for the remaining 18 months of their employment.

Government give information in the Lok Sabha

This information was provided by the government in answer to a query in the Lok Sabha. The government claimed that the employees' stopped dearness allowance during the Corona period resulted in savings of Rs 34,402.32 crore. The outbreak was stopped with this money. Let us inform you that the three installments of the DA raise for central personnel were stopped as soon as the Corona epidemic hit in the year 2020.

A one-time 17% rise

During January 2020, June 2020, and January 2021, DA was raised once by 17%. But, the employees did not get the money that was withheld throughout this time. Workers Union has been requesting DA arrears for 18 months in a row. However, the Modi administration vehemently opposed to grant central employees and pensioners a dearness stipend or a dearness relief.

preventing the payment of DA

The Lok Sabha clarified that the current budget deficit is double what is required by the FRBM Act. As a result, there is no proposal to reimburse DA arrears. According to Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Finance, the government launched welfare programmes to address the crisis during the outbreak. This required funding, which was obtained by delaying DA payments.