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7th Pay Commission: More than Rs 34 thousand crore is to be paid to central government employees and pensioners as arrears of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR). This money was withheld during the Covid pandemic. Now the government is being pressured to pay the 18 months' arrears. The opposition has also raised the issue of DA arrears in Parliament.
MPs have asked when the government will give this money to government employees and pensioners. On this the government has said that the right time to make this payment has not come yet.
Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary replied in Parliament
The MPs had asked why the country's economy is growing so fast. Despite this, the government is not paying 18 months' DA arrears to employees and pensioners. What is the government thinking on this issue? In response, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said that DA and DR were stopped on 1 January 2020, 1 July 2020 and 1 January 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. Corona This decision has been taken to avoid financial problems during the pandemic.
The government saved Rs 34,402 crore by stopping 3 installments
In his reply, Pankaj Chaudhary said that apart from the Government Employees Union, the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (NCJCM) has received a letter in this regard. However, the impact of the losses caused by the Covid pandemic is still visible. Therefore, the payment of this dues has not been considered at the moment.
By stopping these three installments of dearness allowance, the government saved Rs 34,402.32 crore. This helped the government It helped a lot in stopping the impact of Covid pandemic.
Central employees are demanding 18 months' arrears
After the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government began in June this year, a proposal was received in this regard from the National Central Employees Council. One of the 14 demands included in it was also related to DA arrears. In this, the government was asked to pay 18 months' arrears to the employees. MP Akhilesh Yadav has also raised this demand and condemned the central government.
