DA Hike: Before Diwali, good news has arrived for Uttarakhand government employees and pensioners. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a 3 percent increase in the dearness allowance and dearness relief for state employees. This will provide relief to thousands of government employees and pensioners.

Effect will be visible in October salaries
According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, this increase will be effective from July 1, 2025, and will be paid in November along with the October salaries. This decision will apply not only to state government employees, but also to employees and pensioners of local bodies and state government public sector undertakings.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a 3% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for employees and pensioners of local bodies and state government public sector undertakings: CMO

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 19, 2025

Other states also gave this gift to employees.
Not only Uttarakhand, but many states have announced DA increases for their employees before Diwali. In Uttar Pradesh, CM Yogi Adityanath also announced a DA increase on October 17th. The dearness allowance in UP has been increased from 55% to 58%. CM Yogi said that this decision will light the lamp of satisfaction, security, and prosperity in the lives of employees and pensioners during the festival.

Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced a 3% DA increase for employees on October 16th, taking the DA from 55% to 58%. The Karnataka government also increased the DA by 2% to 14.25% on October 15th.

Festival Bonus for Employees
States like Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh have also announced DA increases for employees. This has brought smiles back to the faces of millions of government employees across the country ahead of Diwali.

The increased DA during this festive season will not only provide relief to employees’ pockets but will also brighten the market. These government decisions will boost employee morale and further strengthen economic momentum.

DA Hike News : Big news before Diwali, salaries of employees of this state will increase

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DA Hike: Before Diwali, good news has arrived for Uttarakhand government employees and pensioners. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a 3 percent increase in the dearness allowance and dearness relief for state employees. This will provide relief to thousands of government employees and pensioners.

Effect will be visible in October salaries
According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office, this increase will be effective from July 1, 2025, and will be paid in November along with the October salaries. This decision will apply not only to state government employees, but also to employees and pensioners of local bodies and state government public sector undertakings.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a 3% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for employees and pensioners of local bodies and state government public sector undertakings: CMO

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 19, 2025

Other states also gave this gift to employees.
Not only Uttarakhand, but many states have announced DA increases for their employees before Diwali. In Uttar Pradesh, CM Yogi Adityanath also announced a DA increase on October 17th. The dearness allowance in UP has been increased from 55% to 58%. CM Yogi said that this decision will light the lamp of satisfaction, security, and prosperity in the lives of employees and pensioners during the festival.

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DA Hike News: If you have been a government employee of this state of North India, then there is good news for you. The government here has announced to increase the dearness allowance for pensioners. This dearness allowance will be considered effective from January 1, 2025.

Actually, the Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu & Kashmir) government has issued an order on June 4, 2025, which talks about increasing the dearness allowance for pensioners. According to the order, the dearness allowance is currently 53 percent of the basic pension or family pension. It has been made 55 percent of the basic pension or basic family pension

The new allowance will be applicable from this date

According to the order of the state government, the new rate of dearness allowance (DA Hike in J&K) will be applicable from January 1, 2025. The arrears of allowance from January to May will be given in June. From June, allowance will be available every month as per the revised rate.

Allowance also amended for special category

The Jammu and Kashmir government has also revised the dearness allowance (DA) for special category pensioners or family pensioners. It has been increased from 246 percent to 252 percent of basic pension or family pension. This amendment will also come into effect from January 1 and the area till May will be given in June.

It is worth noting that the central government had announced to increase the dearness allowance for government employees and pensioners at the end of March. The allowance for them was increased from 53 percent to 55 percent. Earlier, the dearness allowance was increased during July 2024. At that time the allowance was increased from 50 percent to 53 percent.

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7th Pay Commission DA hike: Along with the central government, the state government has also started increasing the dearness allowance (DA Hike) of the employees. Today Arunachal Pradesh government has also announced increase in the salaries of the state employees. The state government has announced a 4 percent increase in dearness allowance and DA for pensioners. After this increase, DA of state government employees will increase to 50 percent.

The increased dearness allowance of state government employees will be effective from January 1. This decision of the state government will benefit 68,818 employees and 33,200 pensioners. At the same time, the state will have to spend an additional Rs 124.20 crore per year for this.

State CM shared

While giving information on social media account X, State CM Pema Khandu has said that under the guidance of PM Modi, our government is doing welfare of all the citizens. Along with this, he is also dedicated to providing government services to the people.

Dearness allowance increased in UP also

Let us tell you that before this, along with the Central Government, the UP Government has also announced to increase the dearness allowance. In UP also, dearness allowance of government employees has been increased by 4 percent, after which DA in the state has increased to 50 percent. After the decision of CM Yogi Adityanath, about 28 lakh employees and pensioners of the state will get the benefit of 4 percent increased DA.

On February 7, the central government had increased

In UP also, employees and pensioners will get the benefit of increased DA from January 2024. More than one crore employees and pensioners of the Central Government have got the gift of 4 percent increase in dearness allowance payable from January 1st. At the same time, in the meeting of the Union Cabinet on February 7, the increase in DA-DR rates by 4 percent has been approved.

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DA Hike News: For those who are waiting for the announcement on DA hike and 18 months arrears, here is a big update. Central government employees are likely to get two big gifts from the Center soon. One can be increase in dearness allowance and second, 18 months’ arrears can be released. If reports are to be believed, these two gifts will lead to a huge increase in the salaries of central government employees.

According to media reports, can central government employees and pensioners get the arrears of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) suspended for 18 months during the COVID pandemic or not? A letter has been written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in this regard.

In the letter, Mukesh Singh, General Secretary of Bharatiya Immunity Mazdoor Sangh, has urged the Central Government to release the DA dues of 18 months which were previously suspended. Let us tell you that during the time of Covid, the Central Government had stopped the payment of DA and DR for 18 months from January 2020 to June 2021.

What is dearness allowance and dearness relief?

Central Government employees should note that dearness allowance is a component of pay aimed at reducing the impact of inflation. To cope with rising inflation, the effective salary of government employees is revised from time to time. The Center revises DA twice every year in January and July.

Let us tell you that the latest DA for Central Government employees and DR for Central Government pensioners has been increased from 42% to 46%. The new rates have come into effect from July 1, 2023.

How much increase is expected in DA?

This time the Dearness Allowance (DA) of central employees is expected to increase by 4 percent and it can be approved in March and will be paid in April. The new DA rate will be applicable from January 1, 2024.

After the announcement of DA increase in March, it will be paid in the salary of April 2024. It is expected that before Holi, the government will approve the increase in dearness allowance for the employees. If there is an increase in this, then the central government employees will get three months’ money in lump sum.

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The dearness allowance of central employees increases twice a year. One from January and the other from July. The Government has increased the basic pay from the existing rate of 396% to 412% with effect from 1.1.2023. Let’s find out-

In the office memorandum issued by Dr. Vivek Dwivedi, Deputy Secretary, Government of India, it has been said- According to the 5th Central Pay Commission, the Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies employees who draw their salary in the pre-revised pay scale / grade pay Revised rates of Dearness Allowance for-

The undersigned is pleased to refer to this Department’s Office Memorandum No. 1/3(2)/2008-EN(B) dated October 12, 2022 on the above subject and to say that dearness allowance in relation to the employees of Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies ( DA) continue to draw their pay in the pre-revised pay scale as per 5th Central Pay Commission, will be enhanced to 412% from the existing rate of 396% of basic pay with effect from 1.1.2023.

The provisions contained in Para 3, 4 and 5 of this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No. 1(13)/97-E.I(B) dated 3rd October, 1997 shall continue to be applicable while regulating the Dearness Allowance under these orders. The contents of this Office Memorandum may also be brought to the notice of all organizations following Central Government pay scales under the administrative control of the Ministries/Departments.

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DA Hike News: There is tremendous good news on dearness allowance for the state employees of Odisha. The Naveen Patnaik government has announced a four percent increase in Dearness Allowance for state employees and pensioners.

With this increase, now the DA of state government employees has increased from 38 percent to 42 percent. This increased DA will be applicable from January 1, 2023 only. That is, it means that in the salary of June itself, the central employees will get its arrears, that is, the fat salary of June will come.

The government has also increased the dearness relief to pensioners by 4 percent. They will also get enhanced relief in the current month’s pension. The move will benefit all regular employees and pensioners, who number 7.5 lakh in the state.

ମାନ୍ୟବର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଶ୍ରୀ ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକଙ୍କ ଘୋଷଣା: ରାଜ୍ୟ ସରକାରୀ କର୍ମଚାରୀଙ୍କ ମହଙ୍ଗା ଭତ୍ତା ୪ ପ୍ରତିଶତ ବୃଦ୍ଧି ।

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Let us tell you that earlier in April 2023, the Odisha government had increased the dearness allowance of government employees by four percent from 34 percent to 38 percent, and now their allowance has been increased again.

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His salary can increase by more than 9 thousand rupees simultaneously. This increase will happen till the central government increases it under a rule made.

The government had made a rule in 2016. Under this rule, it was said that as soon as the dearness allowance is 50 percent, it will be reduced to zero and the basic salary of the employees will increase drastically. Now when can be 50 percent DA and how many times it can be increased. Let’s understand…

dearness allowance may increase soon

Under the Seventh Pay Commission, the central government increases the dearness allowance twice a year. It has been said in some media reports that after this, the central government can increase DA anytime in July. This increase will be of 4 percent. This means that currently 42 percent DA is being received and after increasing by 4 percent it will become 46 percent.

At the same time, the central government can increase it once more by 4 percent after six months. In such a situation, the total dearness allowance of the employees will reach 50 percent. Till then the 2016 rule of the government will be applicable.

Will there be an increase in basic salary?

When the Seventh Pay Commission was implemented during 2016, the central government added the previous dearness allowance to the basic salary and then was increasing the salary on the basis of the new dearness allowance. Now once again this rule can be implemented. 50% dearness allowance can be added to the basic salary. After this, further dearness allowance will be increased from zero.

By how much will the salary of the employees increase?

The basic salary of pay-bed level one employees is Rs 18,000. Calculating on this, you get Rs 7560 as dearness allowance. However, if this calculation is done on 50% dearness allowance, then it will be Rs 9000. That is, there will be an increase of 9 thousand rupees in the total salary. This means that the salary of 18 thousand will increase to 27 thousand rupees. After this dearness allowance will be added if it increases.

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Yes, the people working under the central government are going to get big benefits soon. There is going to be a big jump in his salary. In one stroke, the salary of the employees is going to increase by Rs 9000 per month.

This change will be under a rule of the Central Government. Let us tell you that when this rule made in 2016 is implemented, there will be a huge jump in the salary of central employees.

Now getting 42 percent dearness allowance

This change will happen after the rise in DA Hike. Actually, under the rule of the Seventh Pay Commission, the DA of central employees is increased every six months. At present, central government employees are getting 42 percent dearness allowance. Now in the DA applicable from July 1, it can increase to 46 percent.

After this, on January 1, 2024, dearness allowance will be increased by the government. This time it can increase to 50 percent. Here only the rule of the government will apply.

DA will be made zero when it is 50 percent

Actually, under the Seventh Pay Commission, a provision has been made that it will be made zero when the DA of the employee is 50 percent. Also, 50 percent of the DA will be added to the basic pay.

Now if someone has a basic salary of Rs 18,000, then after getting DA, it will increase to Rs 27,000. In this way, there will be a benefit of Rs 9000 every month in the basic salary. Earlier in 2016 something similar had happened. At that time, while implementing the 7th pay commission, dearness allowance was added to the basic salary of the employees.

How much will be the basic salary?

If the basic salary of an employee is currently Rs.18,000 and his dearness allowance increases to Rs.9000, then the basic salary will increase to Rs.27000 if both are combined. After that it will start back at one percent or 2 percent. Employees will have to wait for salary revision now. Earlier the dearness allowance used to be more than 100 percent.

Salary will increase by Rs 108000.

At present, the lowest basic salary at Pay-Bad Level-1 is Rs 18000. Calculating 42 percent on this, then the dearness allowance is Rs.7560. But according to 50 percent it will be Rs.9000. As per rules, if there is 50 percent dearness allowance, it will be merged with the basic salary. Accordingly, the basic of 18000 people will increase to Rs 27000. If we look at Rs 9000 a month annually, then the employees will get a benefit of Rs 108000.

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If you are also a central employee, then in the month of April, full 1 lakh 20 thousand rupees are going to come in your account. The government will pay the increased salary along with dearness allowance this month. More than 1 crore central employees and pensioners will get its direct benefit. Along with this, you will also get 3 months money as arrears.

dearness allowance increased from 38 to 42 percent

According to the information received from the Labor Ministry, in December 2022, the figure of AI CPI-IW had reached around 132.3, after which the government has increased the dearness allowance by 4 percent. On March 24, the government increased the dearness allowance from 38 percent to 42 percent.

Let us tell you that you will get Rs 1200 more every month, along with the increased salary, these employees will get 3 months’ money as arrears. For example, suppose if the basic salary of any central employee is Rs 30,000, then his salary will be increased by Rs 1200. Along with this, if seen on an annual basis, then their gross salary will increase by Rs 14,400.

How to get Rs 1.20 lakh

Apart from this, if we talk about cabinet secretary officers, then their salary will increase by Rs 10,000 per month. Explain that the basic salary of the cabinet secretary is Rs 2.50 lakh per month. If the calculation is done from this point of view, there will be an increase of about 1.20 lakh in his salary on annual basis.

Dearness Allowance increases twice a year

Central Government improves the standard of living of the employees according to the increase in inflation across the country. Along with this, the salary of the employees is increased accordingly. The government increases the dearness allowance twice a year. This money is given to government employees, public sector employees and pensioners.

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Now the government is planning to give another gift to the central employees in the coming days. After this change, there will be a bumper increase in the salary of central employees. Sources claim that this time also the government will increase the DA of central employees by 4 percent and it will increase to 46 percent.

4 percent DA hike announced

A 4 percent DA hike has been announced by the government in March 2023. After this, the dearness allowance has increased to 42 percent. This increase has been implemented by the government from January 1. Now the next DA will be applicable from 1st July. Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) are expected to increase by four percent for the second half. At present the DA is 42 per cent. The DA applicable from July 1 is expected to increase to 46 percent.

This time likely to be announced in August

The increase in DA for the second half i.e. July to December 2023 is to be announced by the government. Every time the DA of the second half is announced in September-October. But this time it is expected that the increased DA will be announced in August. An increase of 4 percent has already been announced for the first half of the year. Let us tell you that in view of the inflation rate, the DA of central employees is increased by the government. If inflation is high, the increase in DA will also be high.

How much will be the increase in salary?

If the DA of central employees is increased to 46 percent in the second half, then the salary will also increase accordingly. For example, if a central employee currently has a basic pay of Rs 18,000 and currently gets DA Rs 7560 at the rate of 42 percent. If his DA increases to 46 percent, then the dearness allowance of the employee will be Rs.8,280. In this way, every month there will be an increase of Rs 720 (Rs 8640 annually). No official statement has been issued by the government on this.

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After this, his dearness allowance has increased to 42 per cent. From January 1, 2023, employees will get its benefit. But, there will be salary credit in April. In this situation, they will get DA Arrears for 3 months (January, February, March). In such a situation, to see what will come in the salary of central employees, their salary slip will have to be seen. After the Centre, many state governments have also increased the DA of their employees.

Which employees will get the benefit?

After its implementation from January 2023, about 47.58 lakh central government employees and more than 69 lakh pensioners will get its benefit. This increase has been approved by the government under the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. This will increase the financial burden of Rs 12,815 crore annually on the government.

How much DA arrears will be received?

Basic salary starts from Rs 18,000 on GP 1800 in level-1 of central employee. Those in this band will get Rs 9477 including DA+TA. Till now he was getting Rs.8703. This means that in comparison to the previous dearness allowance, a total of Rs 774 more will come in his salary. Arrears of 3 months will also be given. Means 774+774+744= 2322 rupees will be available for January, February and March. Apart from this, 774 rupees of April will also be added. Altogether 18000+2322+774= Rs 21,096 will be available as Basic+DA. After this, you will get full salary along with other allowances.

See how the breakup of April salary will be

In Level-1, the basic salary is Rs.18,000 at GP 1800 and the employee’s HRA is of ‘X’ city and TA is getting at the rate of Rs.1350, then the salary breakup will be something like this.

In Level-1, the basic salary at GP 1800 is Rs 18,000 and the employee’s HRA is of ‘Y’ city and TA is getting at the rate of Rs 1350, then the total salary will be Rs 31,077.

State governments increased dearness allowance

After the central government, the state governments have also approved the increase in dearness allowance. These include states like Assam, Rajasthan and Jharkhand and Goa. DA has been increased by 4 percent in all these states. 

Apart from this, the government of Goa approved the increase of dearness allowance and dearness relief. Now the government employees of Goa will also be paid dearness allowance at the rate of 42 per cent. This increase has also been implemented from January 2023.

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Government DA (DA Hike News) can be increased by about 4 percent, after which a bumper increase in the salary of the employees is believed to be possible. After this, DA (DA Hike News) will increase to 42 percent, while at present the benefit of 38 percent is being received.

If the government makes this announcement, then about 1 crore employees and pensioners are sure to be benefited from it. The government has not officially announced DA (DA Hike News), but a strong announcement is being made in media reports, which is being discussed rapidly.

Dearness Allowance (7th Pay Commission News) will increase by this much

The Modi government is going to increase the DA (DA Hike News) for central employees and pensioners by about 4 percent, after which it will increase to 42 percent. Anyway, the government announces to increase DA (DA Hike News) twice every year, due to which there is a record increase in the salary of the employees.

The increased rates of DA (DA Hike News) are considered to be applicable from January and July, it was announced a few days back in September. According to the government, DA will be calculated and a good increase can be seen in it.

Know how much will be the increase in salary

If the Modi government announces to increase DA (DA Hike News) soon, then DA (DA Hike News) can be increased by about 4 percent. Its discussions are going on very fast. After 4 percent increase in DA (DA Hike News), it will become 42%.

Now the total annual dearness allowance on the basic salary of Rs 18,000 is believed to be Rs 90,720. Talking about the difference from the existing DA (DA Hike News), it has been announced to increase the salary by Rs 720 every month. Whereas, the annual hike is expected to be Rs.8640.

DA Hike News arrears will be credited soon

Along with the increase in dearness allowance (7th Pay Commission News) to the central employees and pensioners, the announcement of DA Hike News arrears is also going to be announced, which is being discussed very fast. It is believed that the government may deposit the remaining 18 months DA (DA Hike News) in the arrear account soon i.e. before Holi.

In fact, during the period of Corona viral infection, the money of DA arrears from January 2020 to July 2021 was not deposited in the account, after which the organizations of the workers have been continuously demanding.

The central government has not officially announced the deposit of DA arrears, but this big claim is being made in media reports, which is being discussed rapidly. It is believed that DA (DA Hike News) can put the arrear money in the account by March 4.

Know how much salary will increase

Basic salary of central employee Rs 18,000.

New Dearness Allowance (42%) Rs.7560/month.

After this the new Dearness Allowance (42%) will be Rs.90,720/- per annum.

Till now the dearness allowance (38%) will be Rs.6840/month.

After this, how much dearness allowance will be increased 7560- 6840 = 720 rupees / month

per year increase will be seen 720X12 = 8,640 rupees.

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DA may increase up to 42 percent

All India Railwaymen’s Federation (AIRF) General Secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra said that the CPI-IW for the month of December 2022 was released on January 31, 2023. Accordingly, the increase in dearness allowance works out to 4.23 per cent. But the central government does not include decimals in dearness allowance. In such a situation, there is a possibility of an increase of 4 percentage points in the dearness allowance. Dearness allowance can be increased from 38 percent to 42 percent.

When will the increase in DA be implemented?

He further said that the Department of Expenditure of the Ministry of Finance will make a proposal to increase the dearness allowance. Its revenue effect will also be told in this. Then this proposal will be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval. Know that the increase in dearness allowance will be applicable from January 1, 2023.

DA is updated twice a year.

Significantly, DA is updated twice in a year. The first update in DA takes place on 1 January and the second on 1 July. The Finance Ministry has also amended the House Rent Allowance (HRA) guidelines for the 7th Pay Commission employees.

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Because, in the new year, the calculation of Dearness allowance will be done with the new formula. Apart from this, the central employees will also have to pay tax on the DA Hike received. Actually, the Ministry of Labor and Employment has changed the calculation formula regarding Dearness allowance.

Changes in the base year of DA Hike

The Labor Ministry had changed the base year of DA Hike in 2016. A new series of Wage Rate Index (WRI-Wage Rate Index) has been released. According to the labor ministry, the new series with base year 2016=100 will replace the old series with base year 1963-65.

Under the 7th Pay Commission, the amount of dearness allowance (DA Hike) is calculated by multiplying the current rate of dearness allowance with the basic pay. The current rate of percentage is 12%, if your basic pay is Rs.18000 DA (18000 x12)/100. Dearness allowance percentage = Average of CPI of last 12 months-115.76. Now whatever comes will be divided by 115.76. The number that comes will be multiplied by 100.

Will you have to pay tax on DA Hike?

Dearness allowance is fully taxable. Under the income tax rules in India, separate information about dearness allowance has to be given in the income tax return. You will have to pay tax on the amount you get in the name of Dearness Allowance (DA).

How much benefit do you get?

For salary calculation under the 7th Pay Commission, DA is calculated on the basic salary of the employee. Suppose the minimum basic salary of a central employee is Rs 26,000, then his DA calculation will be 38% of 26,000, which means the total will be Rs 9,880. On the next DA hike, there can be an increase of Rs 910 in the salary every month. If DA increases at the rate of 4 percent and it reaches 42%. This is an example. Similarly, the salary of other central employees will also be different in the 7th CPC Pay Matrix. It can be calculated by looking at your basic salary.

What is Dearness Allowance (DA)?

Dearness allowance is given to the government employees for their living and food. Even after the increase in inflation, there is no difference in the standard of living of the employee, so it was started. This money is given to government employees, public sector employees and pensioners. Dearness Allowance (DA) was first introduced in India in 1972 from Mumbai. After this, the central government started giving dearness allowance to all the government employees.

What are the types of Dearness allowance?

Dearness Allowance (DA Hike) is given in two ways. Industrial dearness allowance and variable dearness allowance. Industrial Dearness Allowance changes every 3 months. This is for the employees working in the Public Sector (PSU) of the Central Government. It is calculated on the basis of inflation rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI). At the same time, the revision of variable dearness allowance is done every 6 months. It is also calculated on the basis of inflation rate of Consumer Price Index (CPI).

How much can DA increase?

DA is expected to increase by 4% in January 2023. With this increase, DA will reach 42 percent. However, it is not yet clear when that will happen. But, it can be announced in March 2023 to be given around Holi. Due to increase in DA, about 50 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners will get its benefit.

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With this increased figure, the way to increase their dearness allowance for the next year is being cleared. However, this is the figure for the first month of the next half year. But, the good news is that the index has seen a rise. The July 2022 AICPI index has increased by 0.7 points as compared to June.

Clear the way to increase DA in the year 2023

If we look at the difference in the data of the Consumer Price Index, this number was at 129.2 in June, which has increased to 129.2 in July 2022. With the increase in the index, the way is gradually being cleared that there may be an increase in Dearness Allowance in January 2023 next year as well. However, the figures for five months will have to be seen for how much the increase will be now. Based on the data of the AICPI index from July to December, the dearness allowance will increase in January 2023.

The data is released on the last working day of every month.

The dearness allowance for central employees is estimated on the basis of the AICPI index. The figures of All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI) are released by the Labor Ministry. The index has been prepared for 88 centers and for the entire country. AICPI is released on the last working day of every month. However, this figure is from a month ago. Meaning the July figure comes at the end of August. Similarly, the figure of August comes at the end of September.

The gift of dearness allowance will be available in Navratri

The dearness allowance of central employees is set to increase by 4 percent. But, it has not been officially announced. It is expected that the government can approve it on the occasion of Navratri. It can be approved in the cabinet meeting on September 28. On the basis of the data from January to June, the Dearness Allowance for July 2022 is to be announced. Been waiting for this for two months. According to experts, this time dearness allowance is expected to increase by 4 percent.

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