Ahead of the festive season, the Central government hiked Dearness Allowance (DA) instalment to the Central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to the pensioners by 3%, effective from July 1, 2021. The DA and DR hike announcement will benefit around 47.14 lakh Central government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners respectively. Earlier, the Centre had…
Days after the Central government announced its decision to freeze the implementation of revised rates of Dearness Allowance (DA) of central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners for the installments due between 1st Jan 2020 and 1st July 2021, state governments have also started to follow the suit. Citing the severe fiscal crisis…
In wake of Covid-19 pandemic and the need to increase spending on health and welfare measures, the Government has decided to freeze the implementation of revised rates of dearness allowance (DA) of central government employees and dearness relief(DR) to pensioners for the installments due between 1st Jan 2020 and 1st July 2021. The DA / DR would continue to be paid at existing rates.
The Union Cabinet has approved a 5 % hike in Dearness Allowance for central government employees. This was announced today (9th October) by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. The approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners will be effective from July 2019, and…