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“DA Freeze”, Hike order by government
By criticism of CORONA Covid-19 impact the Government take a decision on DA hike freeze for government
employees.
The central
government has announced to DA freeze, DR hike,Dearness allowance was temporary
and intended to increase the limited fiscal space available to support
vulnerable groups and small and medium enterprises and the informal sector.
The central
government had taken the decision for DA hike in view of the crisis arising out
of "CORONA" Covid-19.And It also
clarified that DA and DR would continue to be already paid at current
rates of 17% of basic pay or pension.
The government take a
decision, the cabinet had decided to hike the DA and DR by 4% retrospectively
from January 1,2020, increasing the effective rate to 21%. The move, in
accordance with the 7th Central Pay Commission, would benefit 48 lakh employees
and 65 lakh pensioners. The Central Government has decided to freeze DA, DR
hike of employees and pensioners in view of the Corona virus crisis that has
taken a huge decision on the country’s finances.“DA Freeze”, Hike order by government.
BSNL Employees Oppose the Government Decision to Freeze DA Hike
All India BSNL
Employee and DOT Pensioners Association (AIBDPA), representing more than one
lakh of pensioners retired from Department of Telecom and BSNL. Now ,current
and retired employees of BSNL have opposed the government's decision to freeze
dearness allowance (DA) for 18 months, starting January 1, 2020 to July 2021.
AIBDPA-All India
BSNL-DOT Pensioners Association , representing more than one lakh of pensioners
retired from Department of Telecom and BSNL, on Saturday said that their
members have already contributed to the Prime Minister and Chief Minister's
relief funds according to their ability and deduction will put pensioners to
extreme difficulty.
The government has
already stopped Bsnl employee medical allowance and reimbursement of
medical treatment expenses for the last two years on the plea of lack of funds
and the pensioners are dependent upon their meager pension.
According to All
India BSNL-DOT Pensioners Association, the DR deduct will be about Rs 17,000
(for the 18-month period starting January 1, 2020 to July 2021) or more for a
pensioner getting about Rs 10,000 monthly pension.
BSNL EU-The BSNL
Employees Union called the move a retrograde action and a "big attack on
the livelihood of the central government employees and pensioners" while
denouncing the action of the government. The government of favoring corporate
by way of giving loan waivers, tax rebates, etc and questioned the decision of
DA freeze which adversely impacts many low income employees.
The BSNL Employees
Union said the government has waived bad loans worth Rs 5.5 lakh crore. An
overwhelming portion of these bad loans were defaulted by the big corporate. By
waiving the bad loans so massively, the government had only facilitated the big
corporate to loot people's money. In view of the foregoing, BSNL EU wishes to
state that the DA freeze imposed on the central government employees and
pensioners is most unjustified.“DA Freeze”, Hike order by government .
In the country many
of these pensioners draw minimum pension which is insufficient even for day to
day expenses. It is at this crucial time that the decision to freeze DR for 18
months has been issued. The retired employees said that this amount will
increase according to the increase in pension which will put the pensioners to
extreme difficulty.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on DA Freeze Hike
The central
government decision of Dearness Allowance Hike freeze , Former Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh has big announcement and
said that he believed that it was “not necessary” to impose hardships on
government employees and armed forces by freezing Dearness Allowance and
Dearness Relief hike till July 2021.
Former Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh also said, that “I sincerely believe it is not necessary at this
stage to impose hardships on government servants and also on the armed forces
people.
The news agency ANI
quoted former PM Dr Manmohan Singh as saying on the Center's decision to freeze
Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief hike till July 2021.“DA Freeze”, Hike order by government .
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