New Delhi, March 10 (IANS). The cabinet may approve an increase in dearness allowance (DA) and inflation relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners this week. This information was given by members of the Government Employees Union Forums.
The amendment of DA and DR is likely to be on the cabinet agenda. One of the two half -yearly increase in DA and DR is usually announced in March, while the other is announced in October before Diwali.
The Central Government Employees and Chairman of the Federation of Labor Federation said, “The next meeting of the cabinet is expected to announce an increase in salary.”
He said that the increase in DA would probably be 2 percent. There is a possibility of low increase this year compared to the previous year. DA increased by 3 percent in October and 4 percent in March.
In October last year, DA increased by 3 percent to 53 percent of Aadhaar salary. If DA increases by 2 percent, then this Aadhaar will be 55 percent of the salary.
The Eighth Pay Commission has been approved by the government in January this year. This will increase the salary of central employees.
The formal formation of the Commission is expected to be done soon, with a chairman and at least two members. Although DA and DR will continue to be revised on biennial basis, it will probably be the final amendment before the Commission starts consultation with various parties.
Employees forums have also demanded to combine both components with basic salary before the next Pay Commission report is implemented. The rule under the 5th Pay Commission was that when the main allowance exceeds 50 percent, the basic salary should be merged with the DA. The government integrated DA with basic salary in 2004. However, this practice was discontinued under the latter 6th and 7th Pay Commissions.
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