7th Pay Commission: Before Durga Puja, the Central Government has given a big gift to the Central Government Employees and Pensioners. The Central Government has announced an increase of 4 percent in Dearness Allowance ( DA Hike ) and Dearness Relief (DR Hike). After this announcement, dearness allowance increased from 34 percent to 38 percent.
In fact, on the third day of Navratri today, an important cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In this meeting, the government gave a green signal to increase the dearness allowance of central employees. Now central employees will get dearness allowance at the rate of 38 per cent. The increased dearness allowance has come into effect from July 1. Therefore, these people can also get the arrears money for two months i.e. July and August in the month of October.
Employees will benefit so much
The minimum basic salary is Rs 18,000 in the 7th Pay Commission and Rs 56900 at the level of cabinet secretary. 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.
Calculation on minimum basic salary
- Basic salary of employee Rs 18,000
- New Dearness Allowance (38%) Rs.6840/month
- Dearness Allowance so far (34%) Rs 6120/month
- How much dearness allowance increased 6840-6120= Rs.1080/month
- Increase in annual salary 720 X 12 = Rs 8640
Calculation on maximum basic salary
- Basic salary of the employee Rs 56,900
- New Dearness Allowance (38%) Rs 21,622/month
- Dearness Allowance so far (34%) Rs 19,346/month
- By how much dearness allowance increased 21,622-19,346 = Rs 2260/month
- Increase in annual salary 2260 X12 = Rs 27,120
- More than one crore people will benefit
More than one crore employees and pensioners will benefit
This announcement of the central government will benefit about 47 lakh employees and 68 lakh pensioners of the country. 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 has increased to 38 percent.
DA is amended 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.
