7th Pay Commission: There is good news for the central employees who have been waiting for the increase in salary for a long time. The government can announce an increase in DA before the last week of this month i.e. Navratri.
7th Pay Commission: Very good for more than one crore central government employees and pensioners waiting for the increase in dearness allowance. Their wait for hike in Dearness Allowance (DA Hike) and Dearness Relief (DR Hike) may end this month.
Good news can be received before Navratri
If everything is fine, then on the occasion of Navratri, they can get the gift of increase in DA and DR. . According to media reports, it can be announced in the meeting of the Union Cabinet on September 28.
DA likely to increase by 4 percent
The government can increase the DA by a total of 4 percent. Dearness allowance of central employees and pensioners may increase from 34 to 38 percent. Not only this, the arrears of the two months of July and August can also be received in October.
There is an increase in dearness allowance twice a year
Let us tell you that the dearness allowance of central government employees is revised twice a year. The first is given from January to June, while the second comes from July to December. Let us tell you that the AICPI index plays an important role in deciding the dearness allowance of central employees.
DA will increase on the basis of AICPI index
After February, there is a continuous jump in the AICPI index. The figure of the AICPI index was 125.1 in January 2022, which came down to 125 in February. Whereas in March it reached 126 points. After this, in April it rose to the level of 127.7. In May it reached 129 points, while in June it reached 129.2 points. This has raised the expectation that the DA of central employees may increase by up to 4 percent.
Salary will increase so much
The minimum basic salary in the 7th Pay Commission is Rs 18,000 and at the level of cabinet secretary is Rs 56,900. According to 38 percent, on the basic salary of Rs 18000, the total increase in annual DA will be available in Rs 6840. Total DA will increase by Rs 720 per month. At the maximum basic salary bracket of Rs 56,900, the total increase in annual dearness allowance will be Rs 27,312. Those in this salary bracket will get Rs 2276 more as compared to 34 per cent.
DA will increase from 34 to 38 percent
Significantly, 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners of the country will benefit from the increase in dearness allowance by the central government. At the beginning of the year, the government had increased the DA by 3 per cent, after which the dearness allowance had gone up to 34 per cent. Now due to increase in DA by 4 percent, dearness allowance will increase to 38 percent.
