Government rejects demand for DA/DR merger and reduction in period for restoration of pension-Reply query under RTI

Government has rejected the demandsfor Da/Dr merger and reduction in period for restoration of pension-as per the reply to the query under RTI.raised by the Bharat pensioner Samaj,New-Delhi-extract of which are as under:=

Two items of the Representation dated 14-12-2011,one concern with the desk.of the item
is "Merger of 50%DR with pension" in this regard Department of Expenditure vide its OM dated 4th March,2011 has intimated that as per para z(v) of Government resulation No.1/1/2008-ic dated 29-05-2008,the Government has accepted the sixth CPC recommendation to the effect that the merger of Dearness Allownce with basic pay at any stage is not recommended.Regarding second item is "Restoration of commutted portion of pension after 12years" it is stated that in the light of the sixth CPC's recommendation,it has not been found feasable to reduce the period of restoration of the commuted portion of pension to 12 years from the present level of 15 years.