Millions of central government employees have been waiting for dearness allowance (DA) for a long time. Even now, employees might have to wait a little longer for DA. Meanwhile, discussions have been scheduled with officials of the National Council of JCM's Ministry of Finance and the Department of Personal and Training (DoPT).There was supposed to be a discussion about DA in the last week of May, but no discussion has taken place yet.
Informing about this, the National Council of JCM said, the meeting could not be held in New Delhi due to restrictions imposed due to covid, which will be held this month. The pandemic is the reason for the delay in employees getting DA. The meeting is likely to take place in the second or third week of June since talks over payment of three installments of DA arrears-January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021, could not take place in May due to surge in COVID-19 cases in Delhi and the subsequent lockdown.
Meanwhile, the meeting will be held in the second or third week, JCM secretary Shivgopal Mishra said. He said the delay should not be considered negative as it has received good signals from central government officials.
In case DA is approved, central government employees may get a 4 per cent hike, taking their DA from 17 per cent to 21 per cent. This will lead to a significant raise in the salaries of employees and DR for pensioners is also likely to see a boost.