Withdrawal of freezing of DA/DR doesn’t end and subject to approval of Cabinet.
It is also clear that process to get approval is also pending.
This is what transpired in the meeting with the Cabinet Secretary on DA/DR
*Decision:-* Cabinet Secretary stated that Department of Expenditure would process the matter for getting the Cabinet
Approval for restoring the frozen DA / DR from 1/7/2021.
The Staff Side
demanded that they are eligible for arrears from 1/1/2020 and the mode
of payment can be discussed separately with the Staff Side.
The Staff Side also demanded to extend the benefit to those employees who retired / expired between
1/1/2020 and 30/06/2021.