The Centre is scheduled to hold a meeting regarding the pending dearness allowance arrears (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for around 52 lakh central government employees and 60 lakh central government pensioners who are awaiting a hike in their salary.
Officials of the Union ministry of finance, the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) and the department of personnel and training (DoPT) are expected to take the final decision on the DA arrears under the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission during the meeting.
