7th Pay Commission Latest News: Some important news for all central government employees. The Narendra Modi Government had in March 2021 announced that the Dearness allowance (DA) of central employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners would be resumed from 1 July 2021. But the central government employees and pensioners may have to wait a bit longer as the meeting of the National Council of JCM, the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) officials have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

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The meeting between the National Council of JCM and the officials at the DoPT and the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) to solve the 7th central Pay Commission matrix issue was supposed to be held on 8 May 2021. It is now expected to happen in the last week of May 2021 as per a DNA report.  

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In the meeting it was expected that there could be some resolution on the 7th Central Pay Commission matrix issue that has been delaying the implementation of full benefits. It is now expected to be held in the last week of May. 

Earlier, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance, Anurag Singh Thakur had said that the three installments of dearness allowance will start to be paid from 1 July 2021. 

Dearness Allowance is seen as a component of salary which is a fixed percentage of an employee's basic salary. Your DA is put as a part of salary to hedge the impact of inflation. Since, this allowance is related to the cost of living, the Dearness Allowance component differs for various employees based on their location. 

Meanwhile, Dearness Relief is computed with reference to basic pension or family pension of the pensioner.