Updated Apr 16, 2021 | 08:00 IST
Due to the Covid pandemic, the government had withheld three installments of Dearness Allowance for central government employees and pensioners. 7th Pay Commission salary calculator (Representational image)
New Delhi: In a big relief for Central government employees and pensioners, the Narendra Modi government announced last month that it will restore the Dearness Allowance (DA) of central government servants (CGS) and pensioners with effect from July 1, 2021.
Minister of State (MoS) for Finance, Anurag Singh Thakur has said that the three installments of dearness allowance will start to be paid. from July 1, 2021.
In a written reply in the Upper House of Parliament regarding the payment of DA, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Anurag Thakur stated the three pending DA installments of the CGS will be subsumed and the revised DA rates will become effective from 1st July 2021.
7th Pay Commission Matrix: Centre said THIS about pending DA installments
7th Pay Commission Matrix: Centre said THIS about pending DA installments
Due to the corona epidemic, three installments of DA for central employees and pensioners were withheld on 1 Jan 2020, 1 July 2020, and 1 Jan 2021. File photo
Updated: Apr 13, 2021, 05:57 PM IST
In a big relief for Central government employees and pensioners, the Narendra Modi government had announced in March that central government servants (CGS) will be given their full Dearness Allowance, along with three months pending dearness allowance.
Minister of State (MoS) for Finance, Anurag Singh Thakur has said that the three installments of dearness allowance will start to be paid. from July 1, 2021.