NGOs' Association demands merger of 50% DA with pay

A meeting of the Central Secretariat of the Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association was held today (02.10.2013) at Crusade House, Phoenix Bay, Port Blair. The meeting reviewed the functioning of the Association.  The situation after the announcement of the decision of the central government to set up the 7^th Central Pay Commission was also reviewed by the meeting.   The meeting through a resolution demanded that the central government should immediately take a decision on the demand of the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees & Workers, New Delhi, to merge 50% DA with Pay with effect from 1^st January, 2011. The meeting noted that after the implementation of both the 4th and 5^th Central Pay Commission recommendations, the DA when it reached 50% was merged with Pay. However, the central government has not been considering the demand of the employees’ organizations to merge 50% of DA with pay even though the DA reached 50% on 1^st January, 2011.  Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary spoke in the meeting while Shri Sadanand Rai, President presided over the meeting.