8th Pay Commission: Will the government give the outstanding DA of 18 months that was stopped due to Covid? Discussion intensifies between 8th Pay Commission

8th Pay Commission Latest Update: Lakhs of central government employees and pensioners have been waiting for the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission for a long time. Keeping in view the demand of employees and their organizations, the new pay commission has accelerated its process. The Eighth Pay Commission is continuously meeting in different states, taking suggestions from employee organizations and discussing them.

Different organizations of central employees are also placing their demands before the Commission on priority. In this series, now the employee organizations have demanded 18 months of withheld Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief dues of the employees during Covid-19.

3 installments left of Corona epidemic

It is noteworthy that amid the economic crisis in the country during the Covid pandemic, the central government had stopped the three installments of dearness allowance. To the central employees from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020, 1 July 2020 to 31 September 2020 and from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021. dearness allowance Was not given. During these 18 months, the government had saved a total of Rs 34,402.32 crore by freezing the DA of employees.

Complete details of outstanding dearness allowance

• January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
• July 1, 2020 to September 31, 2020
• January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021

During the Corona epidemic, this money was used for different welfare schemes. Now, amid the discussions on the Eighth Pay Commission, the employees’ organizations have put forward this demand before the government. However, the government has already rejected this demand.

Government’s stance on employees’ DA

eighth pay commission Amidst the demands being raised in the meeting, the question arises that what is the government’s stand on this? The Union Finance Ministry has already made it clear that the government has no plans to provide dearness allowance and dearness relief to central employees and pensioners for the remaining 18 months during the Corona period. The government has already told in the Parliament that the government was going through an economic crisis during the Covid pandemic, due to which three installments of DA/DR were stopped.

At present there is no proposal to pay the dues at that time. It was told by the Finance Ministry that in view of the pressure still on the budget, there is no logic in paying the old 18 months DA.

When will you get the benefit of 8th salary?

Giving a big relief to the central employees, the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the Eighth Pay Commission in January 2025. After about 11 months, the government officially constituted the commission in November 2025. The new pay commission has got 18 months to prepare its recommendations. According to this, the commission can submit its report to the government by May 2027. After which the government will review and give its approval. Overall, central employees and pensioners will have to wait for mid-2027 or later for the Eighth Pay Commission to be implemented.

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Commission meetings continue

The 8th Pay Commission has intensified talks with employee organizations and stakeholders. The commission is going to hold its next meeting in Bhubaneswar on July 6 and 7. After this, on July 9 and 10, he will talk to different employees’ organizations in Kolkata and implement their suggestions. Earlier, the Commission had held meetings at many places in April, May and June.