New Delhi: Following the closet authorization for the development of 8th Pay Commission most current upgrade, the need for repayment of 18 months-pending Dearness allocation (DA) that had actually been iced up from January 2020 to June 2021, has actually yet once more obtained vapor.
Gopal Mishra, Secretary, NC JCM, had in a letter to the Ministry of Finance dated January prompted for the launching of 18 months debts of Dearness Allowance/Release which was iced up throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic duration.
“We have been demanding to the Government that in accordance with the judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court and also considering the fact that the economic conditions of the country is in a satisfactory level, the 18 months DA / DR arrears due to the Central Government Employees and Pensioners which was frozen during the COVID-19 pandemic period may please be paid back to the employees and Pensioners,” he created.
“The decision to freeze three instalments of Dearness Allowance(DA)/Dearness Relief (DR) to Central Government employees/pensioners due from 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021 was taken in the context of COVID-19, which caused economic disruption, so as to ease pressure on government finances. As the adverse financial impact of pandemic in 2020 and the financing of welfare measures taken by the government had a fiscal spill over beyond FY 2020-21, arrears of DA/DR which mostly pertain to the difficult FY of 2020-21 are not considered feasible,” MoS Pankaj Chaudhary Ministry of Finance had actually educated the Rajya Sabha.
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” However, a quantity ofRs 34402.32 crores had actually been conserved and used to aid the financial effect of COVID-19 Pandemic therefore cold 3 installations of Dearnesss Allownace and Dearness Relief payable to Central Government workers and pensioners,” he had actually included.
