All India Railwaymen’s Federation
(Estd. 1924)
No.AIRF/13
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 V CPC 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,
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(Shiva Gapal Mishra)
General Secretary
GHANSHYAM UPADHYAY says
Dear,Sir !
I want bring all in notice regarding disability pension providing to whose persons retired from 01 jan/ 2006 on request compassionate ground along with medical disability with aggrieved by military or attributable by military service. The persons are getting disability pension ? Why not allowed whose persons retired before 01/ Jan/2006 whose are fulfill above terms condition. If issued GO after Jan /2006 ? why not applied those persons retired before Jan /2006 in same criteria.
Tapan Ch. Das says
Dear Sir / Madam,
I would likevto inform you that, when you are fighting for the Merger of 50% DA with B.Pay, the employees of 71 nos. of Urban Local Bodies of Assam are not benefited with the 6th Pay Commission (i.e., Revised Scales of Pay as per Assam RoP 2010). The benefit of revised pay is not extended to these employees, rather the Finance (EA) Deptt. and Urban Dev. Deptt., Assam issue BAN that not to draw revised scales of pay etc. Also the Chairpersons of the respective MBs & TCs are extended the same to their employees. The employees of ULBs are getting their salary in pre-revised scales of pay, no DA provided from the year 2009 to till date. How could they survive in the heavy price rice market, can you help them…… if you can, do something…. pls….