Central employees and pensioners' D.A./D.R likely to get 3% increase in July installment

 In a good news for lakhs of Central government employees and pensioners, they are expected to receive a Dearness Allowance (DA) hike of 3% in July. According to the data released by All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) from January to May, it is likely that the DA of Central government employees and pensioners may increase by 3% in July.

Under the 7th Pay Commission, Central employees currently get 17% DA and when the DA hike of the last three installments will be restored then it will jump to 28%.

It may be recalled that DA was increased by 4 percent in January 2020, followed by 3 percent increase in the second half i.e. July 2020 and it has increased by 4% in January 2021. Now if it will increase by 3 percent in July 2021, then the central government employees will get DA hike of 31 percent (17+4+3+4+3).

Source : DNA India

Latest on Central Employees' D.A. / DR (which was scheduled to unfreeze from July1, 2021)

 The Staff Side meeting of the National Council JCM was held on 25/06/2021 to discuss about the issues to be raised in the introductory remarks during the National Council – JCM meeting on 26/06/2021. After finalizing the points to be raised in the meeting and also after discussion on the 29 Agenda Points the following decision were taken unanimously:-

Only the relevant portion of the meeting is reproduced below)

Withdrawal of orders of DA/ DR freeze.

Decision:-Cabinet Secretary stated that Department of Expenditure would process the matter for getting the Cabinet Approval for restoring the frozen DA / DR from 1/7/2021. The Staff Side demanded that they are eligible for arrears from 1/1/2020 and the mode payment can be discussed separately with the Staff Side. The Staff Side also demanded to extend the benefit to those employees who retired / expired between 1/1/2020 and 30/06/2021.

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Major shift in vaccine policy : Centre to provide free jabs to all

 In a recent U turn, P.M announced that Central Govt. will provide free vaccine to all citizens over 18 and state Govt. will not have to pay for vaccine anymore.

Govt. announced that 75% of total production will be purchased by Central Govt. and will provide states for free vaccination.

Remaining 25% will be sold to private facilities where citizen can take jabs if they desire. Private facilities can not charge more than Rs 150 over and above the cost price.

The new policy will take effect after two weeks, the 21st June 2021. PM said.

Following heavy criticism from the country as well as Supreme Court prompted the paradigm shift, sources indicated.

DA hike to be at least 4%

 Amid COVID pandemic, here comes a piece of good news for the Central government employees. As per a report by Zee News, the Central government employees can finally breathe a sigh of relief as the government is going to increase their dearness allowance (DA) from July 1, 2021. If everything goes well and they get their DA hike, then dearness allowance will be increased by 28% from 17%, leading to an impressive hike in the salaries. Notably, over 50 lakh permanent central government employees and 65 lakh pensioners across India will be benefitted from the move of the government.

The DA is likely to be hiked to at least 4 per cent of the basic salary of a central government employee. With this hike, the total DA will reach 21 per cent. The hike in full DA could be announced on July 1, 2021.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the government had suspended the disbursement of DA at increased rates along with DR for pensioners. Suspending DA hikes for one and a half years helped the government save a total of Rs 37,530.08 crore.

(with inputs from business today and India.com/zee News)

Centre likely to announce DA hike in June

 Due to the second wave of Covid-19 in India, the central government employees may have to wait a bit longer as the announcement for Dearness Allowance (DA) hike due since January 1, 2021 may get further delayed. According to the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) - Staff Side, the center may announce a DA hike in June 2021. The JCM office-bearer mentioned that the DA hike would be to the tune of at least 4 per cent of the basic salary of a central government employee.

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