The Finance Ministry on Monday clarified that there is no proposal to cut salaries of central government employees.
Reacting to newsreports, the ministry in a tweet said: “There is no proposal underconsideration of Govt for any cut whatsoever in the existing salary of anycategory of central government employees”.
“The reports in some section of media are false andhave no basis whatsoever.”
Last month, the government had put on hold payment ofincreased Dearness Allowance to its 50 lakh employees and 61 lakh pensionerstill June 30, 2021, as it looks to curtail expenditure to meet the spendingrequirement to fight coronavirus pandemic.
The Finance Ministry’s Department of Expenditure in an office memorandum had earlier said no arrears of DA will be paid from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.