7th Pay Commission Updates: For those who are presently government employees, the news is of great use today. It has been reported that central employees are going to get a big gift of dearness allowance before Holi now. Let’s know all from the news as to exactly how much will increase in dearness allowance and how much the employees will gain out of it.
When Will Be The Announcement For Increase in DA?
Actually, the dearness allowance (DA) has been increased two times a year under the 7th Pay Commission. The first increase is coming into effect from January 1, while the second increase will be effective from July 1. This means that the allowance increase, for the first time in 2025, would have come into effect from January and it could be officially declared in March 2025. But up to now, there has been no official announcement of DA increase by the government.
Latest Updates On DA
Going by what the employee organizations have revealed, the employees and pensioners under the central government may have an increase in dearness allowance by 2 to 3 percent this time. This translates into an increase in salary ranging from Rs 360 to Rs 540 for the employees.
For example, if the basic income of the government employee is Rs 18,000, then according to 53 percent dearness allowance, his DA is Rs 9540. If there is a 2 percent increase in DA, then his new dearness allowance will be Rs 9,900; that is, Rs 360 more will be available. On the other hand, if there is a 3 percent increase in DA, then the dearness allowance will reach Rs 10080, which will give an additional benefit of Rs 540.
In Addition To This, Pensioners Would Be Benefitted Through The Increase In Dearness Allowance.
The government employees will now be enjoying the benefit of this increase along with pensioners. This time it will benefit over one crore government authorities and pensioners. For employees, dearness allowance is called DA while for pensions it is called dear relief (DR).
DA Was Raised 4% In March 2024
It is known from the last year that the government has increased the DA by 3% in October 2024. This was the reason for the increase from 50% to 53%. Likewise, the DA is also raised by 4 percent in the month of March in 2024, because of which also gets to climb at 50%.
Approval For The 8th Pay Commission By The Government
The 8th Pay Commission is likely to come into effect from January 1, 2026. The central government has approved the formation of a new pay commission. Yet the announcement has not been made. Normally, such a pay commission gets formed within a span of two to five months. There are expected to be hikes of about 40 to 50 percent in salary allotted to the central government employees with the introduction of the 8th pay commission within a year or so.
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