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| JK Govt again forgets to endorse Union Cabinet decision on DA Enhancement | | Forgetfulness, non-seriousness- thy name is Governance ! | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 1: Even at a time when Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory- controlled by the union government, Bureaucrats here seem to have been making every attempt to give a feel of how distant, lethargic and shirker governance is looming large in the erstwhile state.
Take this for example: two days have passed since the union cabinet approved the proposal to increase the dearness allowance for central government employees and pensioners by 3 per cent to 34 per cent of the basic pay from 31 per cent previously, effective January 1, 2022. However, there is no such order issued by the Finance department here endorsing the Cabinet decision and making the fresh DA rates effective in the union territory. “The JK Government has to issue a separate order with the concurrence of the finance department so that the rates of the Dearness allowance are enhanced as per the latest union Cabinet order. One was expecting this order to be issued on Friday. However, nothing as such has been witnessed,” says an official.
As per the reports, the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has given its approval to release an additional instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners effective January 1 this year.
That represents an increase of 3 per cent over the existing rate of 31 per cent of the basic pay/pension to compensate for the rise in prices.
Indeed, retail inflation, or the consumer price inflation, has remained above the upper-end of the Reserve Bank of India’s target range of 2-6 per cent for two straight months this year.
That inflation data does not yet include the jump in crude prices from the Russia-Ukraine war, which economists say would push up prices pressures even further
The cabinet notification said the term “basic pay” means the pay drawn as per the 7th pay commission matrix and does not include any other type of pay like special pay. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both the dearness allowance and the dearness relief would be Rs.9,544.50 crore per annum.
This will benefit about 47.68 lakh central government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners. It will be applicable for civilian employees and those employed in defence services. The dearness allowance was hiked by a similar 3 per cent to 31 per cent last year, effective July 1, 2021. |
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