DA Hike Latest for 2025: Increment in DA of employees takes place twice a year from the central government. The first increase occurred in January and the second occurs in July. Also, therefore the government is, intriguing likely the increase of DA for employees. Recently, the government also cleared for its decision regarding the increment in DA and named the date of DA increment for employees.
DA Will Be Increased On This Day.
As per the given recently report, the central government is now going to raise the DA from his employees anytime soon. It is believed that such a final decision on the enhancement of DA will have to take place at the forthcoming cabinet meeting, which will be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The cabinet meeting may be held on Wednesday.
Understand The Difference Between DA And DR
For information, the dearness allowance is mainly given to the current government employees. However, again this inflation relief is provided for pensioners. But the rates on both these are being increased at the same level and calculated per All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI). Based on average data every six months, the government will decide the rate of DA and DR as per average from AICPI.
DA Will Increase This Much
For the last few days, discussion has been there related to the DA of January 2025. In this situation, this time an increase of around 1 or 2 percent in DA can be seen. Increase in DA/DR for January 2025 would depend on AICPI data from July 2024 to December 2024. As per the report of Labor Bureau, AICPI for December 2024 declined by 0.8 points to 143.7 points. Thus, DA is expected to rise this time with the falling measure of inflation up to 2 percent. Earlier, the estimate was three percent. Presently, employees get DA of 53 percent.
Last Time How Much DA Was Increased
On the basis of All India Consumer Price Index, DA and DR will be revised in January 2025 according to the data from July 2024 to November 2024. As for the last increase in DA the government had raised the DA by 3 percent in October last year. During this increase, the DA was enhanced from 50 percent to 53 percent.
DA Increase Will Also Cause Increase In Salary
According to this, even if DA is increased by 2 percent in January 2025, the salary of entry level employees, having a minimum basic salary of Rs 18 thousand, can increase up to Rs 360 due to this DA increase. Likewise, this will be an increase of almost Rs 180 for pensioners. However, as per some reports, the DA may go up to 3 percent as well; in case of such a DA increase, the monthly pay of an entry level employee might be raised by 540 maximum.
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