C. Sreekumar, member of the staff-side National Council (JCM) and general secretary of the All India Defense Employees Federation (AIDEF), says the current DA rate of the personnel is 46 per cent. When this rate increases by four or five percent from January 2024, that figure will reach 50 percent or beyond…
Various employee organizations can go on the path of agitation regarding the Eighth Pay Commission in the Central Government. In the second half of last year, the central government had increased the dearness allowance of its employees by four percent. After that the rate of Dearness Allowance i.e. ‘DA’ increased from 42 to 46 percent. Now there is a possibility of 4 to 5 percent increase in dearness allowance of government employees from January 1, 2024.
C. Sreekumar, member of the staff-side National Council (JCM) and general secretary of the All India Defense Employees Federation (AIDEF), says the current DA rate of the personnel is 46 per cent. When this rate increases by four or five percent from January 2024, that figure will reach 50 percent or beyond. Then a strong proposal for the formation of the 8th Pay Commission will be presented before the Central Government. For this, employee organizations will not shy away from creating noise.
The index was compiled at the level of 139.1 points.
The All India CPI-IW for November 2023, released by the Labor Bureau of the Ministry of Labor and Employment, Government of India on December 31, 2023, has registered an increase of 0.7 points. The Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers has now reached 139.1 (one hundred forty-nine points one). Based on this, an expected increase of 4 percent in DA/DR from January 2024 is estimated. From January 2024, the required DA/DR will increase to 50 percent. The Price Index for Industrial Workers is compiled every month by the Labor Bureau, an office related to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets in 88 important industrial centers spread across the country. The index is compiled for 88 industrial centers and all India. This compilation is released on the last working day of the following month. The All India Consumer Price Index (CPI-IW) for December 2023 has increased by 0.7 points to 139.1 points. There has been an increase of 0.51 percent in the index compared to the previous month. The index had remained stable at 0.23 between the same two months a year ago.
Change affected by 0.65 point percentage
The maximum contribution to the increase in the index has been made by the Food and Beverages group, which has influenced the total change by 0.65 percentage points. Items include Rice, Wheat Flour, Jowar, Arhar, Dal/Toor Dal, Hen Eggs, Sesame Oil, Fresh Coconut with Pulp, Carrot, Drum Stick, French Bean, Garlic, Ladyfinger, Onion, Tomato, Sugar, Cumin , prepared food, zarda kimam/surti, gutka, tobacco leaves, tailoring charges, readymade trousers pants, leather sandals slippers, domestic electricity charges, books school/ITI, tuition and other fees colleges, etc. have been helpful in increasing the index. . On the contrary, mainly fresh fish, poultry/chicken, soybean oil, sunflower oil, apple, banana, grapes, orange, capsicum, cauliflower, green chilli, ginger, lemon, peas, allopathic medicines, etc. registered increase in the index. Have controlled.
The increase was between 0.1 to 0.9 points in 36 centres.
At the center level, the maximum increase of 4.1 points has been recorded in the index of Triruneveli. There has been an increase of 3 to 3.9 points in other three centres, 2 to 2.9 points in 5 centres, 1 to 1.9 points in 19 centers and 0.1 to 0.9 points in 36 centres. In contrast, Gurugram recorded a maximum decrease of 1.5 points, followed by Ahmedabad and Kollam, a decrease of 1.0 points each. In other 18 centres, the decrease was between 0.1 to 0.9 points. The indices of the remaining 3 centers remained stable. The inflation rate for November 2023 has been 4.98 percent compared to 4.45 percent last month and 5.41 percent in the same month last year. Food inflation rate was 7.95 percent compared to 6.87 percent last month and 4.30 percent in the same month a year ago.
…then the salaries of the employees will be revised.
For the last several years, the DA of central employees has been increasing by four percent. In January this year also, DA rates may increase by four to five percent. If this happens, the salaries of the employees will be revised. Many types of allowances will also increase by up to 25 percent. The Central Government will have to constitute the Eighth Pay Commission. In that situation, the central government employees will feel good news. The Seventh Pay Commission had recommended that ‘pay’ revision at the Center should happen only every ten years, it is not necessary. There is no need to wait for this period. It can also be periodic. However, the Pay Commission has not given any clear definition as to when and after how much time the Pay Commission should be constituted.
Dissatisfaction among two crore employees and pensioners
Regarding the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, the Central Government has bluntly replied that there is no idea of its formation as of now. The resentment of about two crore employees and pensioners is being seen on this. Employees’ organizations have termed the decision of the Central Government not to constitute the Eighth Pay Commission as extremely unfortunate. National President of All India State Government Employees Federation, Subhash Lamba has said that he will protest against this decision of the Central Government. Now ‘Bharat Pensioner Samaj’ has also raised the demand for formation of 8th Pay Commission. Also, the government has been requested to release the arrears of DA of 18 months which were stopped during the Corona period. Bharat Pensioners Samaj (BPS) General Secretary SC Maheshwari said, during the 68th AGM, a resolution has been passed that the Eighth Pay Commission should be constituted without delay. SB Yadav, General Secretary of the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, has written a letter to Prime Minister Modi requesting that in the current circumstances, the Eighth Pay Commission should be constituted without any delay.
