Amid all the bad news with regards to the impact of coronavirus, the central government had some good news for government employees. The Union government announced a hike of four per cent in dearness allowance (DA). The DA has been hiked from 17 per cent to 21 per cent. The decision will be effective from January 1, 2020.
The decision was announced by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar during a cabinet briefing. Javadekar said that this decision will be beneficial for 48 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners; this will benefit 1.13 crore families.
Since the decision will be effective from January 1, 2020, central staff will be getting arrears for three months.
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The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission, a Press…
