According to the rules, this amendment in dearness allowance and dearness relief (DA Hike) will be implemented from July 1, 2024. Now every government employee will not only get increased DA in the salary of the month of October, but they will also be given arrears of three months (July, August and September).
DA Hike: This amendment in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief will be implemented from July 1, 2024…
Diwali is near, and like every year, just before this festival of lights, the Central Government has given a gift to its employees and pensioners, and the Union Cabinet has approved a three percent increase in their Dearness Allowance (and Dearness Relief). Although the Narendra Modi government at the Center has announced that the plan to form the Eighth Pay Commission is not being considered at the moment, but all the central officers, employees and pensioners receiving salary and pension under the Seventh Pay Commission will benefit from a three percent increase.
According to the rules, this amendment in dearness allowance and dearness relief (DA Hike) will be implemented from July 1, 2024. Now every government employee will not only get increased DA in the salary of the month of October, but they will also be given arrears of three months (July, August and September).
When is DA increased...?
As per the rules, the central government revises dearness allowance and dearness relief twice every year, which are implemented from January 1 and July 1, although the revision is usually announced in March and September-October. Earlier, in March 2024, the DA of central employees was increased by 4 percent, which was implemented from January 1, 2024, and since then all central government employees across the country have been getting 50 percent dearness allowance.
Who will get how much benefit...?
The dearness allowance has been increased by 3 percent, so let us see how much benefit all the employees and officers receiving salary on the basis of the 7th Pay Commission will get on a monthly and annual basis. Government employees whose basic salary is Rs 18,000 will get an increase of 3 percent in dearness allowance, i.e. ₹540 per month, which will make their annual benefit ₹6,480. Similarly, employees whose basic salary is ₹20,000 will get a benefit of ₹600 every month and ₹7,200 every year. Similarly, when the basic salary is ₹25,000, this increase will be ₹750 per month and ₹9,000 annually.
Similarly, if your basic salary is ₹30,000, then this benefit will be ₹900 per month and ₹10,800 per year. If the basic salary is ₹40,000, then the monthly benefit of DA will be ₹1,200 and the annual benefit will be ₹14,400. Similarly, those getting a basic salary of ₹50,000 will get a benefit of ₹1,500 per month and ₹18,000 per year.
If the basic salary is ₹60,000...?
Government employees whose basic salary is ₹60,000 will benefit from the 3 percent DA hike by ₹1,800 per month and ₹21,600 per year. Those with a basic salary of ₹70,000 will get a benefit of ₹2,100 per month and ₹25,200 per year. If your basic salary is ₹80,000, then this benefit will be ₹2,400 per month and ₹28,800 per year. Similarly, those whose basic salary is ₹90,000 will get a benefit of ₹2,700 per month and ₹32,400 per year, and those getting a basic salary of ₹1,00,000 will get a benefit of ₹3,000 per month and ₹36,000 per year in their total salary after a 3 percent increase in dearness allowance.
If the basic salary is more than ₹1,00,000, then...?
Similarly, those earning a basic salary of ₹1,25,000 will get ₹3,750 more per month and ₹45,000 more per year, and those earning a basic salary of ₹1,50,000 will get a benefit of ₹4,500 more per month and ₹54,000 more per year after this hike. Those earning ₹1,75,000 will get ₹5,250 more per month and ₹63,000 more per year, and those earning a basic salary of ₹2,00,000 will get a benefit of ₹6,000 more per month and ₹72,000 more per year after this hike. Government officials whose basic salary is ₹2,25,000 will benefit by ₹6,750 per month and ₹81,000 per year due to the 3 percent DA hike. Similarly, top officials with a basic salary of ₹2,50,000 will get a benefit of ₹7,500 monthly and ₹90,000 annually.
DA has increased by 36% in three years...
It is worth noting that before the spread of coronavirus and the disease COVID-19 caused by it, till December 2019, all the officers and employees receiving salary on the basis of 7th Pay Commission were getting dearness allowance and dearness relief at the rate of 17 percent, but after that, for three times, i.e. for one and a half years, no amendment or increase was made in dearness allowance due to COVID-19, and till June 2021, all the officers and employees were getting only 17 percent dearness allowance.
Then after the outbreak of Covid subsided, the dearness allowance was increased by 11 percent to 28 percent in July 2021, and then again in October 2021, it was increased by 3 percent, and this increase was also implemented from July 1, 2021, so, as a result, all central officers and employees got DA on salary and pensioners got DA on pension at the rate of 31 percent from July 1, 2021. After this, dearness allowance was also increased by 3 percent in January 2022. As a result, all central officers and employees and pensioners started getting 34 percent dearness allowance. After that, in July of the same year, DA was increased by 4 percent, and DA became 38 percent. After this, DA was increased by 4 percent every time in January, 2023, July, 2023 and January, 2024, as a result of which all central officers-employees and pensioners have been getting dearness allowance and dearness relief at the rate of 50 percent till now, and after the increase of 3 percent this time, now all the employees will get 53 percent dearness allowance.
