No decision made yet on dearness allowance: Finance Adviser
Special Correspondent || risingbd.com
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed
Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said the government has not yet made any decision regarding the allocation of dearness allowance (DA) for its officials and employees.
“We have not made any decision regarding the dearness allowance yet,” he said while replying to a question of journalists after a meeting of the Advisors’ Council Committee on Government Purchase (ACCGP) at the Secretariat on Tuesday (January 28).
When asked whether the government was reconsidering its position on the dearness allowance, the finance adviser asked, “Who made the announcement about the dearness allowance? I don’t know who made the announcement. Once it comes to the Ministry of Finance, then we will decide whether to give it or not.”
Asked whether a proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Finance, Dr Salehuddin said, “We haven’t made any announcement yet. I have not made any decision yet."
Recently, the Finance Ministry had prepared a draft proposal to provide a dearness allowance ranging from a minimum of 10% to a maximum of 20% of basic salaries for 14.5 lakh government employees.
The proposal also recommended excluding the additional 5% annual increment for employees.
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