Decision on pending DA arrears of Central Government employees expected this week

June 23: The central government employees have not received their DA since January 2020. The DA’s were frozen by the government due to the pandemic condition in the country. A meeting in connection with the pending dearness allowance arrears (DA) for central government employees is scheduled for 26 June. The meeting will be held between the Ministry of Finance, National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), and the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT). After this meeting, the final decision on the matter of pending DA arrears of the central govt employees will be taken.

The government will be giving DA’s for all the months between January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021. As per sources, the DA of June 2021 might be announced between October and December. The sources also stated that an increase of 4 per cent in DA is also expected in the June 2021 DA. The government had earlier announced that the stalled DA’s will be given from July, however, the confusion around the calculation of arrear DA has not been cleared yet. The government and the employees are expected to arrive at a final concession after their scheduled meeting.