The government has clarified that it has issued no directive on resumption of Dearness Allowance for Central government employees and Dearness Relief for Central government pensioners from next month.

Citing a picture of an "office memorandum" which has been doing the rounds on social media and confirmed the resumption of DA and DR from next month, the Finance Ministry tweeted: "A document is doing rounds on social media claiming resumption of DA to Central Government employees & Dearness Relief to Central Government pensioners from July 2021. This OM is #FAKE. No such OM has been issued by GOI." Last year, the ministry announced a freeze on the hike in DA and DR till July 2021.