The hike in DA will be considered applicable from 1 July 2022. Before this, recently, the Tripura government has given good news to its employees. Tripura government has increased DA and DR by 12 percent. Now the DA of the employees there has increased from 8 per cent to 20 per cent.

This is how DA is calculated

If understood in simple language, DA means allowance given to maintain the standard of living and to deal with rising inflation. This dearness allowance is given to the employees on the basis of their basic salary. For example, if the basic pay is Rs.20,000, then it will be calculated at Rs.20,000.

Central government has to increase DA in the new year

The Modi government at the center has to increase DA in the new year. If media reports are to be believed then the government may increase DA and DR by 3 to 5 percent in March 2023. However, this DA hike will be considered applicable from January. If the government increases the Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief (DR), then it will increase to 43 percent.

The central government increases dearness allowance twice a year.

The Central Government increases the Dearness Allowance (DA) twice a year on January 1 and July 1. The government had increased the dearness allowance by 4 per cent to 38 per cent in September before Diwali. This hike was considered applicable from 1 July. Earlier, the government had increased DA in March. Then the government had increased the DA by 3 percent to 34 percent under the 7th Pay Commission.

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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today approved the proposal to increase dearness allowance for state government employees. Along with this, the dearness allowance of the employees has been increased from the existing 31 percent to 34 percent.

According to the latest notification issued by the Odisha government, ‘The increase in dearness allowance will come into effect from 1.1 2022.’

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