There is good news for more than one crore central employees and pensioners waiting for the increase in dearness allowance. There is a strong possibility of increase in dearness allowance (DA Hike) of central employees on Dussehra. It is believed that this time there may be an increase of 4 percent in dearness allowance and dearness relief. If this happens, then dearness allowance will increase from 34 to 38 percent.
According to reports, a cabinet meeting is going to be held on 28 September 2022 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Modi. In this meeting, the government can give green signal to increase the dearness allowance of central employees. After this, the increased dearness allowance will be applicable from July 2022. At the same time, these people can also get the arrears money for the two months of July and August in October.
There will be a bumper increase in salary-pension-
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.
AICPI index has a big role in DA hike-
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.
More than one crore employees and pensioners will benefit-
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.
There is revision in dearness allowance twice a year-
Actually, 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.
