The Labour Bureau released the AICPIN
points for the month of May yesterday. The AICPIN points, which had remained
stagnant at 242 has increased by 2 points to touch 244 now. This has led to an
increase of the Dearness Allowance for the month of May from 105.02 to 106.17.
With only one month left for the
calculation of the second installment of additional Dearness Allowance of the
year, one can be almost sure that it would bring a hike of 7%.
The two previous rounds of Dearness
Allowance revision brought hikes of 10% each. One could sense an air of
disappointment and lack of enthusiasm among the employees this time.
Another reason for the disappointment is
the fact that despite the Dearness Allowance increasing by more than 100%, it
has still not been merged with the basic pay. There was a lot of expectation
that the new Government at the Centre will implement this much-awaited and
much-expected change.
But, nothing has been done about this yet.
All the employee federations continue to stress upon this change. The
federations are hell bent on getting either the DA merger or an interim relief
this time. Will their dream come true?
Source: CGEN.in
