Congress demands immediate restoration of DA of govt employees

June 27: Congress on Saturday asked the Centre to immediately restore the Dearness Allowance (DA) of government employees, suspended last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April last year, the government had decided to put on hold increment in dearness allowance for 50 lakh central government employees and 61 lakh pensioners till July 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis. Following this, even most of the state governments also suspended DA and DR of its employees and pensioners.

Earlier today, opposition Congress demanded immediate release of dearness allowance to government employees, including armed forces personnel. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the government should not be insensitive towards its employees and armed forces, and not play jokes with them at a time when salaries are decreasing and inflation is rising.