DA of central employees was banned due to Kovid-19 epidemic. Now they will be given full benefit of DA from 1 July.
Government employees had been expecting dearness allowance (DA) for a long time. However, it was banned due to the Kovid-19 epidemic. Now from July 1, they will be given the full benefit of DA. This was confirmed by Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur. Apart from this, in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, the state government is going to implement the new pay scale. With this, employees can get increased salary.
Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur has recently told that the three pending installments of all DA will potentially be reinstated. Let us know that the central government had deposited three installments, but it was stopped as the corona epidemic escalated. In such a situation, the ban on DA pending since July 2021 has been lifted. This will benefit 50 lakh central government employees and more than 65 lakh pensioners.
Thakur said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, “It is being decided to release future installments of dearness allowance from 1 July 2021. This will increase the salary of central government employees. Increase in DA will also benefit the employees in HRA, Travel Allowance (TA) and Medical facility.
Salary will increase
After 30 April 2021, the Congress government of Punjab has announced to introduce a new pay scale for employees. With this, it is also likely to be implemented in Himachal Pradesh. This will benefit about 3.25 lakh government employees and more than 3 lakh pensioners in Punjab. On the other hand, with the implementation of the new pay scale in Himachal Pradesh, about two and a half lakh government employees will get the benefit. For this, a meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee will be called..
Pensioners will also get benefit
Central pensioners will also get benefit of increase in DR. Their DR will increase from 17 percent to 28 percent. His monthly pension will increase. About 65 lakh pensioners will get direct benefit of this.
What is dearness allowance and dearness relief?
Dearness allowance or Dearness relief is money that is given to improve the standard of living of the government employees of the country. Dearness relief allowance to pensioners. In the whole world, only India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are given this allowance to government employees. This money is given so that even after rising inflation, the level of living of the employee is not disturbed due to money. This money was given to government employees, public sector employees and pensioners.
