Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay - AIRF writes to Finance Ministry
All India Railwaymen’s Federation
(Estd. 1924)
(Estd. 1924)
4, State Entry Road,
New Delhi-110055
INDIA
No.AIRF/13New Delhi-110055
INDIA
Dated: January 9, 2014
The Secretary(Exp.),Ministry of Finance,
(Government of India)
North Block,
New Delhi
Dear Sir,
Reg.: Merger of Dearness Allowance with Pay
On the persistent forceful demand of the Central Government employees, including Railwaymen, successive Central Pay Commissions were appointed by the Government of India with a view to improve upon wage structure and to grant parity with other employees of the Public Sector Undertakings in the wake of market inflation and price hike of essential commodities. These Pay Commissions, while recommending revised pay structure have also recommended grant of Dearness Allowance on the basis of increase in the Price Index.
The very purpose of compensating the pay with payment of Dearness Allowance is being defeated because of unbridled inflationary pressure on the economy and the consequent steep rise in the price of essential commodities.This has resulted in erosion of the value of the wage, remarkably beyond tolerable limit, as a consequence of which, payment of Dearness Allowance has failed to compensate devaluation of pay.
While Dearness Allowance was merged with the pay on crossing the percentage beyond 50% during VCPC as the actual value of wage devaluated because of market hike to compensate eroded value of the wages besides payment of Dearness Allowance, but this time Dearness Allowance, which has already gone beyond 80% w.e.f. 1st July, 2013, is yet to be merged with the pay.
It would, therefore, be quite appropriate and in the fitness of the thing that Dearness Allowance is merged with the pay for all purposes to compensate the erosion in the wage in the wake of market inflation and steep price hike of essential commodities which are posing serious constraints in the livelihood of the Govern employees in general and the low-paid employees in particular.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
General Secretary
Source: AIRFsd/-
(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
General Secretary
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6 comments:
Due to unbridled inflationary pressure, it will be more appropriate if the government of India immediately announce merger of 50% of DA with basic pay i from the date it crossed to level of 50% i.e.1.1.11.
Merger of 50% DA is a welcome step but will it further fuel inflationary pressures? In that case, it is tantamount to rain falling on the ocean
it would be the best to merge 50% da to basic pay before da crossing 100%
The Government of India should announce merger of 100% DA with basic pay for its employees and pensioners on Monday, the submission of interim budget in Parliament. Now no fruitful purpose will be solved by announcing merger to the tune of 50%, which will be too less seeing the present inflationary pressure.
government should decrease the pay of the central govt. employee as the general
workers are living hand to mouth
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