The Ministry of Finance has issued a clarification after a circular regarding the resumption of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for central government employees and pensioners was doing rounds on social media platforms.
Various media portals carried the news that the DA and DR of the Central government employees will be hiked from July 1 as has been announced in the Parliament. Debunking the false claims, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) in a tweet called out the fake circular, asserting that the Ministry of Finance has said that it did not pass any such order.
CLAIM
A viral post carried by several news portals claimed that the DA and DR of central government employees and pensioners will be hiked from July 1, as announced in the Parliament. The circular, which claimed to be from the office of Union Ministry of Finance also claimed that the Central government in the Parliament had said that the pending DA and DR revisions will resume from July 1, 2021.
News Source : Business Standard
