NEW DELHI: In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on December 13, minister of state (MoS) for finance Pankaj Chaudhary had said that release of dearness allowance (DA)/ dearness relief (DR) arrears was not considered feasible by the government.
Three instalments of DA/DR amount to central government employees/pensioners -- due from January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 -- was freezed by the government due to Covid-19 outbreak.
