Monday, September 2, 2013
6th Pay Panel has not recommended 50% DA merger with Basic pay
The 6th Pay Commission had recommended not to merge 50 per cent ofDearness Allowance (DA) for government employees with their basic pay,
Parliament was informed on 30-8-2013.
"The 6th Central Pay Commission had recommended not to merge Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage," Minister of State Finance Minister Namo Narain Meena said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Government accepted this recommendation, he said, adding that the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission were given effect from January 1, 2006.
Some Central Government Employees Associations have been demanding for the merger of 50 per cent DA with Basic Pay and the constitution of 7th Pay Commission.
Meena said the setting up of the next Pay Commission is considered normally after a gap of 10 years between two successive Pay Commission.
DA to central government employees is revised twice a year, with effect from January 1 and July 1, calculated on the basis of percentage increase in all India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers.
"The 6th Central Pay Commission had recommended not to merge Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage," Minister of State Finance Minister Namo Narain Meena said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Government accepted this recommendation, he said, adding that the recommendations of the 6th Pay Commission were given effect from January 1, 2006.
Some Central Government Employees Associations have been demanding for the merger of 50 per cent DA with Basic Pay and the constitution of 7th Pay Commission.
Meena said the setting up of the next Pay Commission is considered normally after a gap of 10 years between two successive Pay Commission.
DA to central government employees is revised twice a year, with effect from January 1 and July 1, calculated on the basis of percentage increase in all India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers.
Source:-The
Economic Times
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Govt to hike Dearness Allowance by 10%; benefit 80 lakh Employees & Pensioners
Ahead of festival season, central
government will this month announce a hike in dearness
allowance to 90% from existing 80%, benefiting about 50 lakh
central employees and 30 lakh pensioners.
According to official source,
dearness allowance hike will be 10% and would be effective from July 1, this
year.
The sources further said the exact
amount of dearness allowance, as a proportion of basic pay, works out to over
90% after factoring in the revised all India Consumer
Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) for June.
According to revised data released
on August 30, retail
inflation for factory workers for June stood at 11.63%,
higher than provisional estimate of 11.06% for the month released on July
31.
Sources said that since the revised
estimate for the month of June is available, the finance ministry would soon
prepare a proposal for the purpose for seeking Union Cabinet nod.
They further said the proposal will
be moved this month. There would be a double digit hike in DA after about three
years. It was last in September, 2010, that the government had announced a hike
of 10% to be given with effect from July 1, 2010.
DA was hiked to 80% from 72% in
April, 2013, effective from January 1, this year.
As per the practice, the government
uses CPI-IW data for past 12 month or a year to arrive at a number for the
purpose of any DA hike. Thus, the retail inflation for industrial workers
between July, 2012 to June 2013 will be used to take a final decision.
Source : The Times of India
PFRDA Bill likely to be taken up in Parliament on 2nd September 2013.
It is learnt that PFRDA Bill likely to be taken up in Parliament
on 2nd September 2013. Our Branch/Division/Circle Secretaries are
requested to organize lunch hour demonstration with black badge on 2nd
September 2013 positively
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