Dearness allowance: Has DA hike suspension order been withdrawn? Centre clarifies

A message claiming that the Centre has withdrawn its earlier order to droop dearness allowance (DA) hike is doing the rounds. Taking to Twitter, the Centre has clarified that it’s pretend information as no such new order has been handed. Government staff and pensioners obtain DA which compensates for rising inflation.

On April 23, it was introduced that the central authorities staff and pensioners is not going to get the brand new charges (21 per cent) of DA, which they had been purported to get from January 1, 2020. The charge of DA was hiked from the current 17 per cent to 21 per cent in March. It was additionally introduced that no arrears can be paid from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The DA charge can be once more revised on July 1, bearing in mind of the earlier hikes.

 

“It has been decided that the additional instalment of Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners due from 1st January 2020 shall not be paid. The additional instalment of Dearness allowance and Dearness relief due from 1st July 2020 and 1st January 2020 shall not be paid. However, Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief at current rates will continue to be paid,” the April order had mentioned.

The April order has not been withdrawn, although there are a number of claims round it.

“A headline has been morphed on a request letter written to the finance minister claiming that the Centre has taken back its order in DA cut. The letter was written in May 2020. Centre has not taken any such decision,” the PIB reality test deal with tweeted.