7th Pay Commission latest news: Central employees will have to wait a bit now. No final decision has been taken on Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) in the meeting held with the Cabinet Secretary on Saturday.
7th Pay Commission latest news: Central employees will have to wait a bit now. No final decision has been taken on Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) in the meeting held with the Cabinet Secretary on Saturday. However, the meeting has been very positive. In the meeting chaired by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, all the demands of the employees were heard. The release of DA and DR was also discussed in detail. The government’s stand on dearness allowance and relief (DA-DR News in Hindi) is positive. But, the final decision will be taken by the Union Cabinet.
There was no talk on DA arrears
If sources are to be believed, the government has looked into all the demands of the central employees. A total of 30 issues were placed before the Cabinet Secretary. The government is positive about dearness allowance news. However, nothing has been said clearly on the DA arrear.
Cabinet can take final decision
Sources associated with the meeting said that in talks with the Cabinet Secretary, no decision has been taken on the release of three installments of Freeze Dearness Allowance (DA-DR). However, the talks have been good and hopefully a decision will be taken soon. Sources say that the final decision on DA-DR and arrears will be taken by the Union Cabinet. The demands of employees will be placed in front of Prime Minister Modi and the cabinet. However, it is not clear in which cabinet meeting it will be discussed.
Employees organization will protest
According to Shiv Gopal Mishra, Secretary (Staff Side) of the National Council of JCM, if the government does not issue an order by July 15 to release the dearness allowance, which has been stopped since January 1, 2020, then the employees’ organization will be able to work across the country. will protest.
False OM went viral on social media
Earlier on the evening of 26 June, an order regarding dearness allowance of central employees went viral on social media. Actually, an Office Memorandum (OM) was issued in social media to remove the ban on DA. But, after some time it was clarified that this OM is completely false. The Finance Ministry itself tweeted and said that OM to remove the ban on DA is being spread through social media. But, this is completely false. The OM claimed that with effect from July 1, 2021, the ban on dearness allowance of central employees and dearness relief to pensioners has been lifted. Such a decision has been taken in the meeting of 26 June. The Finance Ministry has said that #๐ถ๐. .
A document is doing rounds on social media claiming resumption of DA to Central Government employees & Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners from July 2021.
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DA will be 28%
At present, Central Government employees are getting 17 percent DA. But, last year in January 2020, there was an increase of 4 percent. Then in June 2020, dearness allowance was increased by 3 percent. Apart from this, DA has increased by 4 percent in January 2021 as well. Now dearness allowance will reach 28 percent. This will directly benefit more than 52 lakh employees and 60 lakh pensioners. There will be a bumper increase in the salary of the employees. At the same time, the pension of pensioners will also increase.
