7th Pay Commission latest news update: IMPORTANT meeting on DA hike likely in June, check details

The coming weeks can bring some happiness for the central government employees who are eagerly waiting for the talks to start regarding the arrears of their Dearness Allowance (DA). 

As per a report by Zee News, these talks are to be held between the National Council of JCM headed by Central Government Employees (CGS) and central government officials from the Ministry of Finance and Department of Personnel and Training.

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Earlier, the talks with the officials of the central government were scheduled for May. However, it got delayed and now according to the National Council-JCM, this meeting is expected to be held in the second or third week of June, said media reports.

As per the reports, the initial meeting between the representatives of the Central Government and the National Council-JCM was scheduled for May 8, 2021 but was postponed due to the second wave of Covid-19. 

The government had withheld the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) of employees and pensioners last year due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.

From July 1, increased salary will be credited to the accounts of millions of central employees and pensioners. The government has earlier said in Parliament that their stalled dearness allowance and dearness relief will be resumed from July 1, 2021.

Around 50 lakh employees and more than 65 lakh pensioners are expected to get benefited from the decision to restore DA from July. However, as per the report, any increase in DA from July 1 will only be effective from that day. This means that the employees will not receive any arrears on non-revision of DA for the previous period.