seventh Pay Commission: Three pending instalments of DA to be restored from July

What comes as a much-needed reduction for central authorities workers, the Finance Ministry on Tuesday assured that three pending instalment of Dearness Allowances (DA) of central authorities workers and pensioners shall be restored prospectively as and when the choice is taken. The Finance Ministry added that the pending instalments of dearness allowance for the stated workers shall be “subsumed in the cumulative revised rates effective from 1 July, 2021.” In a written reply within the Rajya Sabha right now, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur stated the federal government has saved greater than ₹37,430.08 crore from freezing three instalments of DA which helped in coping with the Covid-19 pandemic that hit the nation final 12 months. The three instalments of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief to central authorities workers and pensioners due from 1.1.2020, 1.7.2020 and 1.1.2021 was frozen in view of the coronavirus pandemic, FinMin stated. At current, central workers get DA of 17%. Last 12 months, the Union Cabinet had accredited a 4% improve in DA for presidency workers and pensioners to 21%. This was to be efficient from January 1, 2021. However, the finance ministry had in April 2020 determined to placed on maintain increment in dearness allowance (DA) for 50 lakh central authorities workers and 61 lakh pensioners until July 2021 as a result of COVID-19 disaster. “In view of the crisis arising out of Covid-19, it has been decided that the additional instalment of dearness allowance (DA) payable to central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to central government pensioners, due from 1st January, 2020 shall not be paid. Additional instalments of DA & DR from 1 July 2020 & 1 Jan 2021 shall also not be paid,” the Ministry of Finance had stated in a memo. However, DA and DR at present charges will proceed to be paid. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a legitimate electronic mail * Thank you for subscribing to our publication.