Delay in Announcement of DA Hike from January 2015
Since the
implementation of the recommendations of the 4th central pay commission in
1986, the announcement of approval and the order for granting Dearness
Allowance to government employees were issued in March and September itself
until it was violated once under UPA regime. In 2013, the approval for granting
DA hike due from January 2013 was delayed inordinately. All the central
government employees had waited patiently up to 31st March 2013. Even 1st and
2nd week of April 2013, there was no signs announcing the DA hike by the
Central government. Then, the federations like AIRF and Confederation of
central government employees and workers have raised objection over the
inordinate delay of announcing DA. And they wrote letters to the Central
Government to declare the Dearness Allowance immediately to avoid the
confrontation.
While briefing the
situation, the Confederation of central government employees and workers has
mentioned in the editorial of their blog on 17th April 2013 that ‘This
naturally is quiet disturbing, especially in the time of galloping price line.
The employees have, in the past, fought bitterly for grant of DA and the 3rd
CPC gave a definite formula for DA in the aftermath of the one day strike on
19th September 1968. We cannot allow the hard won DA to be tampered with.’
The next day, ie on
18th April 2013 the union cabinet approved the DA hike which is due from
January 2013.
This time the NDA
Government started repeating the same story in its first year itself. As we
mentioned earlier the DA hike from July 2014 has been announced un expectedly
on 4th September 2014. So there was huge expectation this time that the present
government would not make any delay in announcing the Payment dearness
allowance from January 2015. But it seems that the government finds no time to
take any decision over the issue of 50 Lakh Central government employees and
Pensioners. Whether the central government expects the federations to plead for
announcing DA hike? Or it really has no time to decide on this issue?
However, yesterday
the Ministry of Finance issued a clarification dated 1st March 2015, in which
it has been clarified that a fake order for payment of Dearness Allowance was
being circulated in Government Departments/offices and all
Ministries/Departments and Central Government offices were advised not to take
cognisance of these fake instructions being circulated in Government offices.
To avoid confusion
and frustration among central government employees, it is expected that the
central government should announce its approval for Payment of Dearness
Allowance from January 2015 immediately.
Source: www.gservants.com
