No order issued for payment of increased DA, DR, Finance Ministry

The Union finance ministry has said it has not issued any order regarding the payment of increments in dearness allowance for central government employees and dearness relief for its pensioners. The finance ministry said a document claiming the resumption of dearness allowance to central government employees and dearness relief to pensioners from July this year is fake.

A document is doing rounds on social media claiming resumption of DA to Central Government employees & Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners from July 2021.
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— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) June 26, 2021

The department of expenditure said in view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, it has been decided that additional instalment of dearness allowance payable to central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to central government pensioners due from January 1, 2020, shall not be paid, The department also said that the additional instalment of DA and DR due from July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021, shall also not be paid but those at current rates will continue to be paid.

The Congress hit out at the government for not releasing the dearness allowance suspended last year and demanded its immediate restoration. “Instead of encouraging the 113 lakh employees engaged in the service during the coronavirus pandemic the central government is trying to snatch their hard-earned money It is a crime to loot Rs37,500 crore from soldiers, government employees and pensioners" Rahul Gandhi tweeted. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the government’s first priority is the welfare of the people. “The government will take an appropriate decision after considering all the aspects,” BJP leader Gopal Agarwal said.