7th Pay Commission: Last month, the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) of employees have been increased by 3 percent by the government. After this it has increased from 31 per cent to 34 per cent.
7th Pay Commission: The decision was taken by the Central Government to increase the DA of employees and pension holders (DA Hike) in the last days. Now this money is going to come in the account.
It is expected that in the coming three to four days this money will come in the account of 45 lakh employees. The salary of central employees comes by the last date of every month.
Decision to give three months arrears
Let us tell you that last month, the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) of the employees have been increased by 3 percent by the government. After this it has increased from 31 per cent to 34 per cent.
It has been decided by the Finance Ministry to implement the DA hike from January 1 and give arrears of three months. In such a situation, the salary of April is expected to come on May 1.
45 lakh employees will get benefit
April salary will come with increased DA and three months arrears (January, February and March). In this, 45 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners are going to get the benefit.
What is the math of increased DA?
Due to dearness allowance being 34 percent, employees with 18 thousand basic salary will get DA of Rs 6,120. At present, they used to get Rs 5,580 at the rate of 31%. That is, every month the salary increased by Rs 540. With the salary of April, the arrears of DA of 3 months will come. In such a situation, it is expected that the salary for the month of March will increase by Rs 2,160.
6,828 will increase
Whereas those whose basic salary is Rs 56,900, their DA will be Rs 19,346. Earlier it was Rs 17,639 as against 31 per cent. That is, every month the salary increased by Rs 1,707. In such a situation, this time Rs 6,828 more is expected to come as compared to March.
Shock on 18 months’ arrears
Before the DA hike, the central employees were also expected to get the arrears between January 2020 and June 2021. But this DA arrear has already been denied by the government. After which the employees are very disappointed.
