Dearness Allowance Update, DA Hike Update: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the central government had stopped the increase in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) of employees and pensioners.
As the situation became normal, the employees expected that the pending DA arrears of 18 months would be released. Employee organizations also continuously raised this demand.
dearness allowance update,AND Hike Update: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the central government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) of employees and pensionersAND) and the increase in Dearness Relief (DR). After the first wave came in March 2020, the government took this step to reduce the financial pressure. Under this, three installments of January 2020, July 2020 and January 2021 were stopped. In this way, the hike of DA / DR remained stopped for a total of 18 months.
What did the government say?
As the situation became normal, the employees hoped that the pending DA arrears of 18 months would be released. Employee organizations also continuously raised this demand. But every time the question was asked in Parliament, the government clearly said that there is no plan to pay the DA arrears.
What did the government say in Parliament?
Recently, during the Lok Sabha session, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary, in response to a question by MP Anand Bhadoria, said that this decision was taken to reduce the economic burden during the pandemic.
He also said that the fiscal deficit had reached 9.2% in the financial year 2020-21, whereas now it has come down to 4.4% in the budget estimate (2025-26). Despite this, the government has made it clear that the installments of DA / DR stopped at that time will not be given now.
What is the status of DA at present?
At present, the DA of central employees and pensioners is at 55%. For the next revision period July-December 2025, DA is expected to increase by another 3% to reach 58%. At the same time, it is likely that this new rate will be implemented around Diwali.
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