INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
With the order, the brand-new DA rate will be 28 per cent, up from 17 per cent.The Financing Ministry on Tuesday issued an order to execute
the Cabinet choice to hike Dearness Allowance for main government employees to 28 percent from July 1
Recently, the Union Cabinet had actually approved an 11 portion point hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for main
civil servant and pensioners with impact from July 1, benefitting more than 48 lakh central civil servant, and 65 lakh pensioners.With this,
the brand-new DA rate will be 28 percent, up from 17 per cent
In a workplace memorandum, the Department of Expense under the Finance Ministry stated the DA payable to main civil servant will be boosted
from the existing rate of 17 percent to 28 per cent of fundamental pay.The increase subsumes the additional instalments emerging on January
1, 2020; July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021
These orders shall also apply to the civilian staff members paid from the Defence Services Estimates, it stated, adding for Army personnel
and Railway staff members different orders will be released by the respective ministries.In April in 2015, the Financing Ministry had
actually postponed an increment in dearness allowance (DA) till June 30, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The rate of DA from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, was 17 percent.
