Dearness Allowance – Govt not for merging DA with Pay
Dearness Allowance Merger – Question of Merging Central Government Employees DA with their pay does not arise as 6th Pay Commission recommended not to merge the same with Pay – Minister replies in the Rajya Sabha
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ย FINANCE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARREDย QUESTIONย NO-4384
ANSWERED ON-07.05.2013
Dearness Allowance as Dearness Pay
4384 . SARDAR BALWINDER SINGH BHUNDAR
(a) whether the earlier Pay Commissions for Central Government Employees had recommended that a certain percentage of Dearness Allowance to be treated as Dearness Pay;
(b) if so,ย the detailsย thereof; and
(c) by when the salaried class as well as pensioners are likely to be benefited so as to overcome the hardship being faced by them to maintain their day-to-day household expenses?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (E & FS) (Shri Namo Narain Meena)
(a)&(b) The 5th Pay Commission had recommended that Dearness Allowance should be converted into Dearness Pay each time the Consumer Price Index increases by 50% over the base index used by the last pay Commission. Accordingly the Government issued orders on 27.02.2004 forย merging of 50% of the DA with the basic payย w.e.f.01.04.2004.
(c) The 6th Central Pay Commission had recommended not to merge Dearness Allowance with basic pay at any stage. Government has accepted this recommendation vide Resolution dated 29.08.2008.ย Hence theย questionย to merge DA with basic pay does not arise. However, the rate of DA is being revised at periodic intervals.
Source: rajyasabha.nic.in
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