NEW DELHI: Diwali came early for 50 lakh central employees and 58 lakh pensioners after the Centre on Thursday cleared 2% dearness allowance (DA) hike to be effective from 1 July 2016.
Dearness allowance and dearness relief is provided to employees and pensioners to lessen the impact of price rise on their earnings. Earlier this year, the government hiked dearness allowance by 6% to 125 % of the basic pay.
The DA was later merged into the basic pay following implementation of 7th Pay Commission award.
The central government employee unions want that the DA should be increased by 3% and not 2% which is being considered by the Centre.
"The 12-month average of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016, works out to be 2.92%. Therefore the unions had pressed for 3% DA. We are not satisfied with this," president of confederation of central government employees K K N Kutty said.
As per the agreed formula, government increases DA on the basis of 12-month average of the retail inflation and does not consider the price rise rate beyond decimal point for deciding the rate of dearness allowance.
(SOURCE- ECONOMIC TIMES)
Dearness allowance and dearness relief is provided to employees and pensioners to lessen the impact of price rise on their earnings. Earlier this year, the government hiked dearness allowance by 6% to 125 % of the basic pay.
The DA was later merged into the basic pay following implementation of 7th Pay Commission award.
The central government employee unions want that the DA should be increased by 3% and not 2% which is being considered by the Centre.
"The 12-month average of Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016, works out to be 2.92%. Therefore the unions had pressed for 3% DA. We are not satisfied with this," president of confederation of central government employees K K N Kutty said.
As per the agreed formula, government increases DA on the basis of 12-month average of the retail inflation and does not consider the price rise rate beyond decimal point for deciding the rate of dearness allowance.
(SOURCE- ECONOMIC TIMES)
Is Diwali only for serving personnel?? what about pensioners?? When are they giving us the increased pensions..
ReplyDeleteAt least be happy for that
Deleteaf pensioners may not even get the increased da.
ReplyDeleteUntill 7th pay commission is implemented,DA can not be applied on old basic pension of armed forces pensioners.
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