New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2023 on February 1. Like every time, this time too, government employees have many expectations from the budget. If the government accepts the three demands of the employees in the budget, then their salaries will increase drastically. This includes an increase in DA of central employees, payment of remaining DA, and an increase in fitment factor. Employees hope that the government will include these three things in the upcoming budget (Budget 2023).
The government can give some relief to the central employees to deal with rising inflation. The first demand of the employees is to pay the 18-month remaining DA. Employees have been demanding payment for this for a long time. Due to the Corona epidemic, the government held the DA of central employees for 18 months. The employees are continuously demanding payment of the outstanding DA amount. DA of central employees is pending from January 2020 to June 2021.
Central employees have been demanding to increase the fitment factor for a long time. If the fitment factor is increased by the government, the minimum wage of the employees will increase. Their salary will increase from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000. That is, the minimum salary will be increased by Rs 8,000 directly. Central employees are demanding the government to increase the fitment factor from 2.57 percent to 3.68 percent. The government hikes the Dearness Allowance (DA) of central employees twice a year. The government increases DA in January and July. Central employees have been demanding that the first increase in DA of the year be given along with the budget to be presented on February 1 or later.
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