Taking a big decision, the central government has refused to give relief installment of DA arrears for the last three months to central employees.
DR (for pensioners) and dearness allowance for central government employees. A representative while talking about this said that the amount of previous DA and DR will not be released.
Let us inform that when the corona epidemic was at its peak in the country, the government had taken three installments of dearness allowance from the central employees as part of the government’s expenditure control measures for immediate relief work.
The employees were hoping that the government would refund these installments but the government has denied it.
Sharing this information, a representative said that it is estimated that the total amount of DR (for pensioners) and Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees is around Rs 34,000 crore. A meeting was also organized to consider this, which was presided over by Jitendra Singh.
Three hikes in DA and DR allowances
However, there has been no response to the emails sent in this regard by the Finance Ministry and DoE. The Dearness Allowance has been increased three times after the lifting of the ban on 21 July 2021. In July last year, the dearness allowance was 31 percent, which has now increased to 34 percent.
An official of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions said, “The Department of Pensions looks after the welfare of pensioners and resolves their grievances expeditiously at multiple levels. But the distribution of DA and DR does not come under the purview of the ministry.
