DA from July 2016 is 2%

                                                 Press Information Bureau

                                                     Government of India

                                                          Cabinet

                                                                                                                 27-October-2016

Cabinet approves release of an installment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensioners due from 01.07.2016

The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to release an installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2016 representing an increase of 2% of the revised Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs. 5622.10 crore per annum and in the Financial Year 2016-17 for the period of 8 months (i.e. from July 2016 to February 2017), it would be Rs.3748.06 crore. About 50.68 lakh Government employees and 54.24 lakh pensioners will be benefitted.

Source: Press Information Bureau

DA Likely to Come as Diwali Gift

The government is likely to announce the much awaited Dearness Allowance (DA)  for government employees just before Diwali.

The announcement of DA, which comes into effect from July, is already late by around a month. Usually, central government approves the allowance in the first week of September, and the order is released in the third or fourth week of September.

Earlier, official sources and media reports attributed the delay in announcement to extremely tight schedule of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his foreign visits.

During the first week of September, the Secretary of the JCM Staff side wrote to the Ministry of Finance with the subject “Future computation of Dearness Allowance and adoption base index figure to Revised Minimum Wage”,and sought granting  of 3% dearness allowance with effect from July 1.

The unions are of the view that after the implementation of 7th Pay Commission, the dearness allowance computation formula and the base year must be changed as it did when the 6th Pay Commission got implemented.

Meeting of revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners

No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G.and Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market,
New Delhi, dated the 26th September, 2016

To,
The Secretary,
National Council (Staff Side)
JCM for Central Government Employees,
13C, Firozshah Road,
New Delhi – 110001

Subject: Meeting of the Committee set up to examine feasibility of implementation of recommendation of 7th CPC for revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners – reg.

Sir/Madam,
I am directed to say that a Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Pension) has been constituted to examine the feasibility of implementation of the first option recommended by the 7th CPC in para 10.1.67 (i) and para 10.2.87 applicable to the Central Civil pensioners and Defence pensioners respectively.

2. A meeting of the Committee with the JCM (Staff Side) for Central Government Employees is proposed to be held on 06.10.2016 at 3.00 p.m. at Conference Hall, 5th Floor, Sardar Patel Bhawan, New Delhi to discuss this issue. It is requested that the same of the member nominated to attend the said meeting may kindly be intimated.

3. This Department looks forward to your participation in the meeting.

sd/-
(Harjit Singh)
Director (Pension Policy)
Harjit.singh59@nic.in
s.chakrabarti75@gov.in

Allowances Committee Meeting on 13th Oct 2016

No.6/8/2016-PIC

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions

North Block, New Delhi

Dated 30.09.2016

Office Memorandum

Subject Meeting under the Chairmanship of Secretary (P) with the Secretary Staff Side, NC (JCM) to firm up the view on various allowances pertaining to Department of Personnel & Training on 13/10/2016 at 3.00 PM

The undersigned is directed to refer to Department of Expenditure’s OM No. 11/1/2016-IC dated 12/09/2016 regarding the minutes of the 2nd meeting of committee on Allowances held on 01.09.2016 and to say that a meeting to discuss the various allowances pertaining to DOPT is scheduled to be held under the Chairpersonship of Secretary (P) on 13th October, 2016 at 15.00 Hrs in Room No. 190, North Block, New Delhi

2. It is requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the meeting