Central Government Employees & Employment Corner

The All-India CPI-IW for February 2022 decreased by 0.1 points to 125 points from 125.1 points in January this year. Retail inflation for industrial workers eased to 5.04 per cent in February from 5.84 per cent in January this year mainly due to lower prices of certain food items. Inflation based on the consumer price index for industrial workers (CPI-IW) was at 4.48 per cent in February 2021, a labour ministry statement said. Food inflation stood at 5.09 per cent in February 2022 against 6.22 per cent in the previous month and 4.64 per cent during the corresponding month a year ago. Based on the All-India CPI-IW numbers, it is expected that the AAll-India CPI-IW Dearness Allowance or the DA for central government employees from July 2022 will be 37%.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Union Cabinet approved a 3% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners on Wednesday. The DA and DR are presently at 34 percent, with the latest increase taking effect in January 2022. Dearness Allowance is a component of central government employees' pay that is designed to protect them from the effects of inflation. Dearness The term "relief" refers to the assistance provided to retirees. According to the government, "this rise is in conformity with the established formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission." In the face of rising petrol and oil prices, as well as inflation, the move is expected to help around 47.68 lakh central government employees and 68.62 lakh retirees. The total impact of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief on the exchequer would be Rs 9,544.50 crore per year. Every year, between January and July, th

DA Hike Update for Central Government Employees: The Union government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may give some good news to central government employees in the coming days, as the Union Budget 2022 has been presented. According to reports in the media, the government may consider giving out arrears to the employees. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, arrears for central government employees has been frozen for almost two years now, with the pandemic creating an economic constraint in the country. However, as India is reviving from that, some good news is expected from the government in this regard, reports have suggested. As per a report on Zee News, the Union cabinet is mulling on the decision to give Rs 2 lakh to the employees in one go as DA arrear. However, there is no official statement regarding this, and the government too has not commented anything on it. Dearness allowance, or DA, is generally increased twice a year, in January and July. However, there was no hike announced

Central government employees could soon hear news that will come as music to their ears. The government is mulling increasing the retirement age and the pension amount. The proposal has been put forward by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee, as per a Zee News Hindi report. The proposal reportedly talks about increasing the age of retirement and initiating a Universal Pension System in the country. As per the committee’s report, a recommendation is made under which the employees must be given a minimum pension of Rs 2,000 per month. The committee has sought better provisions for senior citizens. Pensioners could benefit from this plan. It has been stated in the report that to increase the time span of employment, the age of retirement will need to be extended. This may be done to ease the stress on the social security system. The report also talks about skill development for those above 50 years of age. The report also suggests that the central and the state government sho

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that pregnant women and 'divyang' (differently-abled) employees of central government departments have been exempted from attending office in the wake of a sharp spike in Covid cases. However, they will be required to remain available and work from home, he said. Officials and staff living in Covid containment zone have also been exempted from coming to office, till the time the containment zone is de-notified, said Singh, who is the minister of state for personnel. He said physical attendance of government servants below the level of under secretary has been restricted to 50 per cent of actual strength and the remaining 50 per cent, will work from home, according to a statement issued by the personnel ministry on Sunday. Rosters will be prepared accordingly by all departments concerned, Mr Singh said. However, he said, officials and staffers, who are not attending office and are working from home, will remain available on telephone

In response to the increase in Covid-19 instances, the government reintroduced limitations across all Central government offices on Monday, including limiting physical attendance of personnel below the level of under-secretary to 50% of the time, with the remaining 50% working from home. According to an order issued by the department of personnel and training on Monday, biometric attendance, which was reinstated in November 2021 after a nearly one-and-a-half-year hiatus, has been terminated in all Central government offices with immediate effect and until further notice. Officers at the rank of under-secretary and above, on the other hand, are required to report to work on a regular basis. To avoid overcrowding, staggered hours – from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. – have been reinstated at Central government offices. Government personnel who work from home must be reachable by phone and email at all times. Persons with impairments and pregnant women employees are exempt

The All-India CPI-IW for November 2021 increased by 0.8 points and stood at 125.7 (one hundred twenty-five and point seven). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.64 per cent with respect to the previous month compared to an increase of 0.33 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago. The Labour Bureau, an attached office of the M/o Labour & Employment, has been compiling Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers every month on the basis of retail prices collected from 317 markets spread over 88 industrially important centres in the country. The index is compiled for 88 centres and All-India and is released on the last working day of the succeeding month. The index for the month of November 2021 is being released in this press release. The Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees is computed based on the CPI-IW index's 12-month average. Now only the December month's CPI-IW is required for the calculation of the Dearness allowance beginn