7th Pay Commission Latest News: What happens to DA arrear stuck since 18 months? Big update for central government employees

by Shubham Shukla

7th Pay Commission Latest News: The Indian government gives Dearness Allowance (DA) to the central government employees twice in a year or once every six months. The central government employees will likely get some good news on DA for the second half of this year. The central government employees are currently getting 34 per cent DA.

It is likely to go up by 4 per cent.

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7th Pay Commission DA Arrear: Over the last one year, there has been a big revision in annual Dearness Allowance to House Rent Allowance (HRA). However, the question is what has happened to the DA arrear which has been stuck for the period 2020 to June 2021?

DA Arrear: What is the take of the government?
 
The Central government has increased the DA from July 2021 by 11 per cent. Since then, the dearness allowance has increased twice. The overall DA now stands at 34 per cent. However, we have not heard anything related to the freeze in DA from the past 18 months. The government has clarified that the DA was frozen at the time of Covid-19 period.  Hence there is no option of arrear.

Secretary (Staff Side) of National Council of JCM Shiv Gopal Mishra has been consistently saying that it was government’s decision to freeze the dearness allowance.   

He said that the loss that has incurred because of the freeze must be compensated by the government. He said that the stalks are ongoing on the issue of DA arrear for the 18 month period with the government. The government must do a negotiated settlement.

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A lump sum payment of 11 per cent to be likely be:  

On 14 July 2021, in a cabinet meeting t was decided to increase the DA by 11 per cent in one go. It has been implemented from 1 July 2021. The DA was frozen for June 2020 and January 2021. The restrictions were removed last year, but the government did not speak about the arrear. If the government considers paying for the 18-month period, the cntral government employees will get a lump sum amount at 11 per cent hike.