7th Pay Commission: Central government employees and pensioners are going to get a big relief soon. There is good news for more than 1 crore government employees and pensioners waiting for an increase in Dearness Allowance (DA).
According to reports, the government may soon increase DA and Dearness Relief (DR). This decision will have a direct impact on the salary and pension of central employees. Let us tell you that this decision was being awaited for a long time and now the news is that a decision will be taken on it soon.
PM Modi can take a big decision in the cabinet meeting
There was speculation for a long time about the increase in DA by the government. Earlier it was expected that it would be announced before Holi, but it did not happen. Now the big update is that a final decision can be taken on this in the cabinet meeting to be held on 19 March 2025 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If a decision is taken to increase DA in this, then crores of employees and pensioners will get direct benefit from it.
DA likely to increase from 53% to 55%
According to reports, the government may announce a 2% increase in dearness allowance, which will increase the current DA from 53% to 55%. Dearness allowance is an important part of the salary of government employees, which is revised twice every year (January and July) to give them relief from rising inflation.
Salary of employees will increase
For example, if an employee’s Basic Pay is ₹1,00,000, then under the current 53% DA, he is getting ₹53,000. If DA increases by 2% to 55%, then now he will get ₹55,000, that is, there will be a direct increase of ₹2,000.
Employees and pensioners will get direct benefit
Dearness Allowance is given to government employees, while pensioners get it in the form of Dearness Relief (DR). This increase will benefit lakhs of central government employees and pensioners.
How much benefit do Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) and entry-level employees get?
An entry-level employee, whose basic pay is ₹ 18,000, will also get direct benefit of this increase.
- Currently at 53% DA: ₹9,540
- If 55% DA: ₹9,900
- Direct benefit: Increase of ₹360
If the DA increase would have been 3%, it would have reached ₹ 10,080, an increase of ₹ 540.
The increase will be implemented from January 2025, will the arrears also be paid?
Any DA hike by the government will be effective from January 1, 2025. This means that employees will also get arrears from January to March 2025. Last time the government had increased DA by 3% in July 2024, due to which it increased from 50% to 53%. Now after the possible increase this time, DA can reach 55%.
Now all eyes are on the Modi cabinet meeting to be held on March 19. If the government announces DA hike on this day, then all the employees and pensioners of the central government will get its benefit. This will increase the in-hand salary of the employees. Now it remains to be seen whether the government increases it by 2% this time or gives more relief than expected.
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