Eighth Pay Commission: DA may rise by 4% at any moment, and government workers may choose to engage in unrest over the commission

 Eighth Pay Commission: DA may rise by 4% at any moment, and government workers may choose to engage in unrest over the commission

Eighth Pay Commission: DA may rise by 4% at any moment, and government workers may choose to engage in unrest over the commission

According to C. Sreekumar, general secretary of the All India Defense Employees Federation (AIDEF) and member of the staff-side National Council (JCM), the current personnel DA rate is 46%. Starting in January 2024, this rate will rise by four or five percent, bringing the total to fifty percent or higher.

Numerous labor unions have the option to get involved in the agitation process against the Central Government's Eighth Pay Commission. The central government raised its workers' dearness allowance by 4% in the second part of the previous year. Following that, the Dearness Allowance (or "DA") rate rose from 42 to 46 percent. There is now a chance that government workers' dearness allowance would rise by 4 to 5 percent starting on January 1, 2024.

According to C. Sreekumar, general secretary of the All India Defense Employees Federation (AIDEF) and member of the staff-side National Council (JCM), the current personnel DA rate is 46%. That number will reach 50% or more when this rate rises by 4% or 5% starting in January 2024. The Central Government will then be presented with a compelling proposal to constitute the 8th Pay Commission. Employee organizations won't be afraid to make noise because of this.

The index was constructed using 139.1 points as the base.

The Labor Bureau of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Government of India, issued the All India CPI-IW for November 2023 on December 31, 2023, and it showed a 0.7 point gain. As of right now, the Industrial Workers' Consumer Price Index is at 139.1 (one hundred forty-nine points one). This leads to a projected 4% rise in DA/DR starting in January 2024. The needed DA/DR will rise to 50% as of January 2024. The Labor Bureau, a department under the Ministry of Labor and Employment, compiles the Price Index for Industrial Workers each month using retail prices gathered from 317 marketplaces in 88 significant industrial locations located all around the nation. The index covers all of India in addition to 88 industrial hubs. The last working day of the following month marks the publication of this collection. In December 2023, the All India Consumer Price Index (CPI-IW) reached 139.1 points, a rise of 0.7 points. In comparison to the previous month, the index has increased by 0.51 percent. One year before, over the same two months, the index had been steady at 0.23.

Impact of change was 0.65 percentage points.

The Food and Beverages category has had the most impact on the index's rise, accounting for 0.65 percentage points of the overall gain. Some of the items that have helped to increase the index are rice, wheat flour, jowar, arhar, daal/toor daal, hen eggs, sesame oil, fresh coconut with pulp, carrot, drum stick, French bean, garlic, ladyfinger, onion, tomato, sugar, cumin, prepared food, zarda kimam/surti, gutka, tobacco leaves, tailoring fees, readymade trousers, leather sandals, slippers, domestic electricity charges, books, school/ITI, tuition and other fees, colleges, etc. Conversely, the index showed a rise mostly in fresh fish, poultry/chicken, soybean oil, sunflower oil, apple, banana, grapes, orange, capsicum, cauliflower, green chili, ginger, lemon, peas, and allopathic medications. possess authority.

In 36 centers, the rise ranged from 0.1 to 0.9 points.

The Triruneveli index has shown a maximum gain of 4.1 points at the center level. An rise of 2 to 2.9 points has been seen in 5 centers, 1 to 1.9 points in 19 centers, 0.1 to 0.9 points in 36 centers, and 3 to 3.9 points in the remaining 3 centers. On the other hand, Kollam and Ahmedabad both had decreases of 1.0 points, while Gurugram saw the biggest drop of 1.5 points. The decline in the remaining eighteen centers ranged from 0.1 to 0.9 points. The three remaining centers' indices did not change. In November 2023, the rate of inflation was 4.98 percent, down from 4.45 percent in the previous month and 5.41 percent in the same month the previous year. The rate of food inflation was 7.95%, up from 6.87 percent the previous month and 4.30 percent the same month last year.

Afterward, the workers' pay will be adjusted.

The DA of central staff has been rising by four percent over the last several years. DA rates may rise by four to five percent in January of this year as well. The workers' salary will be adjusted if this occurs. There will also be a 25 percent rise in certain sorts of allowances. The Eighth Pay Commission must be formed by the Central Government. Employees of the central government will be happy to hear that. The Seventh Pay Commission had suggested that the Center's "pay" adjustment should only occur every 10 years; it is not required. You don't have to wait for this time frame. Periodicity is another possibility. The Pay Commission hasn't, however, provided a precise description about the timing and duration of the commission's formation.

Two crore workers and pensioners are not happy.

The Central Government responded to questions about the creation of the 8th Pay Commission by stating categorically that they currently had no clue about it. This is the source of the discontent of around two crore retirees and workers. Organizations representing employees have referred to the Central Government's decision to not form the Eighth Pay Commission as very regrettable. Subhash Lamba, the national president of the All India State Government Employees Federation, has said that he would demonstrate against this Central Government decision. Currently, "Bharat Pensioner Samaj" is also calling for the establishment of the Eighth Pay Commission. Additionally, the government has been asked to disclose the eighteen months' worth of delinquent assessments that were halted during the Corona era. 

According to SC Maheshwari, General Secretary of Bharat Pensioners Samaj (BPS), a resolution was voted at the 68th AGM stating that the Eighth Pay Commission need to be established right now. In a letter to Prime Minister Modi, SB Yadav, General Secretary of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, asked that the Eighth Pay Commission be created as soon as possible given the present situation.