7th Pay Commission: Last month, the government increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of the employees by 3 percent. After this, it has increased from 31 percent to 34 percent.
7th Pay Commission: The Central Government has decided to increase the DA of employees and pensioners (DA Hike) in the last few days. Now this money is going to come in the account. In three to four days, this money will come into the account of 45 lakh employees. The salary of central employees comes by the last date of every month.
The decision to pay arrears of three months
Let us tell you that last month, the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) of employees have been increased by 3 percent by the government. After this, it has increased from 31 percent to 34 percent. It has been decided by the Finance Ministry to implement the DA hike from January 1 and give arrears of three months. In such a situation, April’s salary is expected to come on May 1.
45 lakh employees will get the benefit
April salary will come with increased DA and three months’ arrears (January, February, and March). In this, 45 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners are going to get benefits.
What is the math of increased DA?
Due to the dearness allowance being 34 percent, the employees of 18 thousand basic pay will get DA of Rs 6,120. At present, he used to get Rs 5,580 at the rate of 31 percent. That is every month the salary increases by Rs 540. Along with the salary of April, 3 months of DA arrears will also come. It is expected that the salary for the month of March may increase by Rs 2,160.
6,828 will increase
Whereas those whose basic salary is Rs 56,900, their DA will be Rs 19,346. Earlier it was Rs 17,639 against 31 percent. That is every month the salary increases by Rs 1,707. In such a situation, this time Rs 6,828 is expected to come more than in March.
The shock of 18 months of arrears
Central employees were also expected to get arrears between January 2020 and June 2021 before the DA hike. But the government has already denied these DA arrears. After which there is a lot of dissatisfaction among the employees.