Govt turns down appeal to release 3 dearness relief instalments

The Govt  is reported to have turned down a request from pensioners to release three instalments of dearness relief (DR) held back during the peak days of the Covid-19 pandemic as part of the government’s expenditure control measures to fund urgent relief work.It is said that Department of Expenditure (DoE) specified that the amount of DAs and DRs that had been frozen would not be restored,” during a recently held meeting .of standing committee of voluntary agencies for review and rationalisation of pension rules.