India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, June 26: At a crucial meeting, the Centre would decide on giving the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) under the 7th Pay Commission. The meeting will be held today. The central government will decide on giving pending dearness allowance (DA) along with arrears today, sources tell OneIndia.
The finance ministry, National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery and the Department of Personnel and Training will be part of the meeting and a final call on the DA will be taken at the meeting.
Central Government employees are expected to get DA from July 1 onwards and the benefits would be paid in three instalments based on the calculation according to the 7th Pay Commission.
The Central Government employees will get the benefit of two years’s DA. This is because the DA of the CG employees had increased by 4 per cent in January 2020, following which there was an increase of 3…