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3% increase in DA: The central government has announced a 3% increase in the dearness allowance (DA) of central employees and pensioners. This will provide great relief to government employees. The government has made this announcement on 16 October 2024. After this increase, now both Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) have become 53%. More than 1 crore central employees and pensioners will benefit from this decision.
Increased allowance will be implemented from July, benefits will be available in October
This increase in dearness allowance and dearness relief will be considered effective from July 1, 2024. However, its official announcement was made in October. The central government reviews DA and DR every year in January and July, but it is announced after a few months. Employees and pensioners will get this increased dearness allowance in the salary for the month of October. Along with this, they will also get DA arrears for the last three months i.e. July, August and September. Along with this, pensioners will also get three months DR arrears.
How much has the salary of government employees increased?
The increase in dearness allowance also increases the salary of the employees, because DA is an important part of their salary. If the basic salary of an employee is Rs 46,200, then earlier he used to get Rs 23,100 at the rate of 50 percent DA. Now after the increase of 3 percent, this rate has become 53 percent, due to which he will get Rs 24,486 as dearness allowance. Accordingly, his salary will increase by Rs 1,386. If calculated for the entire year, there is a total annual increase of Rs 16,332. Now three months' DA arrears of Rs 4,158 will also be included in the October salary. Besides, the government will also transfer Diwali bonus.
How much will the pension of pensioners increase?
Like dearness allowance, dearness relief (DR) of pensioners has also been increased by 3% to 53%. This will also increase their pension. For example, if a pensioner gets a basic pension of Rs 50,400, earlier he used to get Rs 25,200 at 50% DR. Now DR has increased to 53%, due to which he will get dearness relief of Rs 26,712. In this way his pension will increase by Rs 1,512 every month.
Relief step for employees and pensioners
This decision of the government is a relief step for employees and pensioners, which will increase their monthly income. The Central Government reviews the rates of dearness allowance twice every year, so that employees and pensioners can get relief from the blow of inflation. This time too, the government has made this increase keeping inflation in mind, which will provide financial help to more than 1 crore central employees and pensioners.