NEW DELHI: The finance ministry on Thursday decided to put on hold additional instalments of dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) payable to central government employees and pensioners due from January 1, 2020 till July 1, 2021, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“In view of the crisis arising out of Covid-19, it has been decided that the additional instalment of dearness allowance payable to central government employees & dearness relief to central government pensioners, due from January 1, 2020 shall not be paid,” the finance ministry said in a statement.
The decision comes as the current situa