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Despite severe price hike, only 1% DA for government employees and pensioners.

12 Tuesday Sep 2017

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The implementation of Demonetisation and GST had raised the prices of essential commodities severely and the cost of living has increased. But despite all these huge increase in all services and prices, only 1% increase is given from 1st July 2017 for the Central Government employees and pensioners. This is nothing, but cheating the workers. An inquiry is to be conducted in the calculation of the cost of commodities and fixing of the DA by an expert committee, which will expose the fraud. The Press Report on the decision of DA is given below:

“New Delhi, Sep 12 : The Centre today increased dearness allowance and dearness relief by 1 per cent to 5 per cent, benefiting 50 lakh employees and 61 lakh pensioners.
This decision was taken at the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here.
“Release of additional installment of DA is an increase of 1 per cent over the existing rate of 4 per cent of the basic pay/pension, to compensate for price rise,” according to an official statement.
The new rate will be applicable from July 1.
The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs 3,068.26 crore per annum and Rs 2,045.50 crore in the financial year 2017-18 (for a period of 8 months from July 2017 to February 2018).
This move will benefit about 49.26 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners, it said.”

6% DA increase for CG Employees from July 2015

09 Wednesday Sep 2015

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New Delhi, Sep 9: The Centre today increased dearness allowance for its employees to 119 per cent from 113 per cent, a move that will benefit 50 lakh employees and 56 lakh pensioners.

“Every six months government reviews dearness allowance. This time we have decided to increase DA by six per cent over exiting 113 per cent rate,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told reporters after Union Cabinet meeting here.

An official statement said the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to central government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners from July 1, 2015.

This represents an increase of 6 per cent over the existing rate of 113 per cent of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise, it said.

The decision will benefit about 50 lakh government employees and 56 lakh pensioners, it added

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC), it said.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR will be Rs 6,655.14 crore per annum, and Rs 4,436.76 crore in the financial year 2015-16 (a period of 8 months from July, 2015 to February, 2016), it said.

As per the practice, the DA rate increase is an average of 12-month consumer price index-industrial workers from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.

In April, the government had hiked DA by 6 per cent to 113 per cent of their basic pay with effect from January. DA is paid as proportion of the basic pay. (PTI)

 

Orders issued for 2.2% IDA increase from 01-01-2015 – Total 100.3%

08 Thursday Jan 2015

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The DPE has issued orders vide No. W-02/2002/2014-DPE(WC)-GL-I/15 dated 05-01-2015 increasing the IDA 2.2% from January 2015, making the total IDA to 100.3%.

At the same time the VII CPC has not recommended the merger of DA with pay for the Central Government employees. The IDA is also to be merged.Tthe demand has to be raised.

Govt. considering 50%DA Merger of CG Employees

20 Thursday Feb 2014

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There are indications that the Central Government may approve merger of 50% DA with pay for the Central government employees. The VII CPC may consider this issue urgently. The V CPC has granted 50% Merger of DA, while the VI CPC maintained silence.
The Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers has gone on strike on 12-13 February with demands including merger of DA with pay.
At present the DA for CGE is 90%. It is expected that another 10% will become due w.e.f. January 2014. In that case, the DA will reach 100%.
The government should consider merger of 100% DA itself.