The Labour Bureau released the AICPIN points for the month of May
yesterday. The AICPIN points, which had remained stagnant at 242 has
increased by 2 points to touch 244 now. This has led to an increase of
the Dearness Allowance for the month of May from 105.02 to 106.17.
With only one month left for the calculation of the second installment
of additional Dearness Allowance of the year, one can be almost sure
that it would bring a hike of 7%.
The two previous rounds of Dearness Allowance revision brought hikes of
10% each. One could sense an air of disappointment and lack of
enthusiasm among the employees this time.
Another reason for the disappointment is the fact that despite the
Dearness Allowance increasing by more than 100%, it has still not been
merged with the basic pay. There was a lot of expectation that the new
Government at the Centre will implement this much-awaited and
much-expected change.
But, nothing has been done about this yet. All the employee federations
continue to stress upon this change. The federations are hell bent on
getting either the DA merger or an interim relief this time. Will their
dream come true?
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