7th Pay Commission news: Changes in salary of central govt employees from July 1? Know here - The 7th Pay Commission DA installment talks, which will pave the way for the arrears of millions of central government employees, got delayed again.
Central Govt Employees, Pensioners Will Have to Wait Longer, Meeting Delayed to Discuss 7th Pay Panel Proposals
The central government had announced in March that the dearness allowance (DA) of central employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners would be resumed from July 1, 2021
New Delhi:
7th Pay Commission Proposal Implementation: Employees and pensioners will now have to wait a bit longer for their increased dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) to reach their accounts as the meeting that was supposed to discuss the hike in DA and DR have been postponed due to COVID. The central government had announced in March that the dearness allowance (DA) of central employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners would be resumed from July 1, 2021.
7th Pay Commission: BIG changes in salary of central govt employees from July 1? Know here - The decision to restore DA from July, 2021 would benefit about 50 lakh central government employees and more than 65 lakh pensioners.
Highlights
Employees will get a massive hike in their salaries after the DA allowances are restored.
DA of the employees will jump from 17% to 28%.
Employees and pensioners of the central government may have to wait a little longer than expected to finally enjoy the perks of the 7th Central Pay Commission, as the meeting of the National Council of JCM, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) and the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) officials have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The meeting was finally going to resolve the 7th Central Pay Commission matrix issue that has been delaying the implementaion of full benefits. Previously, Minister for State for Finance, Anurag Thakur had in March this year told Parliament that they will get full benefits of dearness allowance starting July 1, with all the three pending installments being restored prospectively.
The centre has not given any updates regarding the three instalments of DA that are pending from January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2020. This has become a major concern for central government servants (CGS)