7th Pay Commission: The central government is kind to the central employees and once again their salary is going to increase. After the increase of 3 percent in Dearness Allowance, the way has been cleared for a big increase in the salary of central employees once again. After increasing DA from 31 to 34 percent, there is a possibility of increasing the allowances of central employees soon. Central employees can get the benefit of increase in four allowances simultaneously.
After the dearness allowance of 34 percent, according to the Seventh Pay Commission, the travel allowance and city allowance of the central employees will also increase. Along with this, Provident Fund and Gratuity will also increase automatically. Actually, the monthly PF and gratuity of central employees is calculated from the basic salary and DA. In such a situation, due to increase in DA, PF and Gratuity are also sure to increase. Not only this, due to increase in DA, the House Rent Allowance (HRA) of central employees will also increase. It is being told that this increase can be up to 3 percent.
Let us tell you that on 30 March 2022, the Central Government increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) of central employees by 3 percent. Due to this, the DA of central employees has doubled in 9 months. Central employees and pensioners are now getting DA and DR at the rate of 34 per cent. This announcement of the central government has directly benefited 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners. However, this has increased the burden of Rs 9544.50 crore annually on the government.
Meanwhile, the Central Employees Organization is also continuously pressurizing the government for the arrears of 18 months. These people say that the ruling of the Supreme Court is that salary and allowance are the rights of the employees and it cannot be stopped. In such a situation, there is a pressure to pay the outstanding DA arrears from January 2020 to June 2021. In such a situation, good news can also be heard about the DA arrears of central employees.
Meanwhile, there is a possibility of increasing the DA of central employees and pensioners once again in July. This time there can be a big increase of up to 4 percent in the DA of central employees.