India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
New Delhi, June 23: 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 on June 26.
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 per cent in June 2020. In January 2021, the Dearness Allowance increased once again by 4 per cent.
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