7th Pay Commission DA Hike: There is good news for central employees. The government will once again increase dearness allowance in July. The central government increases the dearness allowance of central employees twice a year, January and July.
The government last increased DA by 4 percent in March 2024, but it was implemented from January 1, 2024. Similarly, the government will increase DA in September-October but it will be implemented from July 1, 2024. The government increased DA by 4 percent in January, after which DA has increased to 50 percent. Now dearness allowance is to increase again from July. Now it is expected that after the Modi government gets the third term, the dearness allowance of the employees can increase between 3 to 5 percent. If this happens, then dearness allowance can be increased to between 53 to 55 percent.
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Will DA increase to 55 percent from July 1?
It is expected that the government can increase the inflation rate by 3 to 5 percent in view of inflation. If the government increases DA by 5 percent, then the DA of the employees will increase to 55 percent on July 1. However, if we look at the past trends till now, the government has announced the dearness allowance of July 1 only till September-October. This is expected to happen this time too, but whenever the announcement is made, it will be considered effective from July 1, 2024.
House Rent Allowance (HRA) of central employees has increased
As DA reached 50%, the government has revised the HRA rates to 30%, 20% and 10% of the basic salary in cities X, Y and Z respectively. The house rent allowance given to employees depends on the category of the city in which they live. HRA for X, Y and Z type of cities was 27%, 18% and 9% respectively, which has been increased to 30%, 20% and 10%.
