Holi has passed. But government employees are waiting for another good news. They are waiting for the increase in their Dearness Allowance.
The central government usually announces a hike in dearness allowance in March. But more than half of March has passed and no announcement has been made yet.
If experts are to be believed, there is no concrete reason for the delay in increasing the dearness allowance. The hike in Dearness Allowance will be implemented from January 2022 as soon as the Cabinet approves it.
According to Harishankar Tiwari, former chairman of AG Office Brotherhood and general secretary of the All India Accounts and Audit Committee, dearness allowance increases twice every year.
One in January and the other in July. No announcement has been made yet to increase DA in January 2022. There can be 2 big reasons for this.
cabinet note not ready
According to Harishankar Tiwari, the big reason could be that the cabinet note for the increase in dearness allowance is not ready yet. The details of how much dearness allowance will be increased in the note and how much it will affect the government exchequer, remains.
Also, how many government employees will this increase be applicable, the figure also remains. The government announces an increase in dearness relief for pensioners like dearness allowance.
budget proposal
According to Harishankar Tiwari, the financial year of government employees is completed only in February. That is why till then their tax is also deducted. Then on March 31, the work increases in the circle of closing of the financial year. This can also be a reason for the delay.
The increase has been announced in April itself.
According to RK Nigam, General Secretary of State Employees Joint Council, UP, many times the government has increased dearness allowance in the month of April.
However, there is still time left for the end of March. If the government wants, it can announce it recently. After this, the state governments will increase the DA of their employees.
