On the one hand, central employees and pensioners (7th Pay Commission central government employees) have got the gift of 4% dearness allowance. At the same time, the payment of arrears of dearness allowance for 18 months is yet to be done.
According to the latest media reports, a decision on this can be taken after increasing pressure from the employees. There may be a meeting with the cabinet secretary in this regard in November, although no official confirmation or statement has come from the government.
Actually, dearness allowance is due from July 1, 2020 to January 1, 2021, which is to be paid. It did not happen. Since the announcement of DA, unions of central employees have been continuously demanding arrears, while pensioners have also appealed to Prime Minister Modi. Now it is expected that its final decision can be taken in November.
After the staff side meeting held last month, efforts are being made to resolve this issue. jcm). In this letter, a demand has been made to immediately release the ‘arrears’ (DA arrears of 18 months) of Dearness Allowance / Dearness Relief with effect from January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021. In this letter, the Secretary and the members of the National Council of the ‘Employees’ Side’ have also expressed their readiness to discuss the method of releasing the arrears. A decision of the Supreme Court has also been cited in the letter.
If media reports are to be believed, the Modi government may take a final decision on this after the festivals in November after increasing pressure from the employees-pensioners, in this regard the joint advisory of the officials of the Department of Personnel and Training and the expenditure of the Ministry of Finance (DoPT). System (JSM) meeting may be held, in which the payment of DA arrears may be considered. If this happens, then 48 lakh central government employees and more than 68 lakh pensioners will get its benefit.
11 thousand to 2 lakh will be arrears
If central employees get arrears of dearness allowance for 18 months, a hefty amount will come. Shivgopal Mishra of the National Council of JCM says that the DA of Level-1 employees ranges from Rs 11,880 to Rs 37,554. The employees will get the DA arrear money as per their pay band. If computed for Level-13 (7th CPC Basic Pay-Scale Rs.1,23,100 to Rs.2,15,900) or Level-14 (Pay-Scale), then an employee’s DA arrears are in the form of Rs. 1,44,200 to Rs. 2,18,200 will be paid.
According to media reports, if the employee’s basic salary is Rs 18,000, then he can get 3 months’ outstanding DA arrears (4,320+3, 240+4,320) = Rs 11,880. This will include Rs 4320 for Jan 2020, Rs 3240 for June 2020 and Rs 4320 for Jan 2021. If the basic pay of the employee is Rs 56,000 then he will get DA arrears of 3 months (13,656 + 10,242 + 13,656) = Rs 37,554. (These figures are shown as an example, they are subject to change.)
