Dearness Allowance

Centre hikes central deputation allowance for certain category of officers

The Centre has increased central deputation allowance for certain categories of officers, according to a Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) order. The revised rates of Central Secretariat (Deputation on Tenure) Allowance (CDTA) are admissible to the officers of all India services and organised Group A central services on their appointment as Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Director in the central secretariat under the Central Staffing Scheme, the order issued on Wednesday said. At present, during their tenure as Under Secretary, Deputy Secretary, or Director, the officers are paid CDTA at the rate of 10 per cent of their basic pay, subject to a ceiling of Rs 9,000. "In consideration of references received from various ministries/departments and after due consultation with Department of Expenditure, it has been decided that the ceiling will further rise by 25 per cent each time Dearness Allowance increases by 50 per cent," the DoPT said.

J&K raises dearness allowance by 2% for govt employees: Key details

Arrears from January to May will be paid along with June salaries, says Finance Department

How the dearness allowance case in West Bengal is coming to a head

After coming to power in 2011, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, broke the DA parity with the central government, except for officers of All-India cadres

Nitish Kumar-led Bihar govt hikes DA for its employees, pensioners to 55%

The Bihar government announced a 2 percentage points increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees and pensioners on Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. With this hike, employees and pensioners in the pay scale of the 7th Pay Commission will get DA and Dearness Relief (DR) of 55 per cent, Additional Chief Secretary (Cabinet Secretariat) S Siddharth said. "A hike of 6 percentage points has been approved for those in the pay scale of the 6th Pay Commission. This will raise their DA and DR to 252 per cent. For those in the pay scale of the 5th Pay Commission, the DA and DR have been raised by 11 percentage points to 466 per cent," he said. The hike will benefit more than 5 lakh employees and over 6 lakh pensioners, officials said. It will be effective from January 1, 2025, they said.

SC directs West Bengal to pay 25% Dearness Allowance to govt employees

Dearness Allowance is extra money given to government employees and pensioners to help them deal with rising prices. It is calculated as a percentage of the basic salary or pension

Haryana govt hikes dearness allowance of state govt employees by 2%

The Haryana government on Wednesday increased the dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners from 53 per cent to 55 per cent of their basic pay. The hikes will be effective from January 1, 2025, an official statement said. The statement, quoting an order issued by the Finance Department, said the revised DA and DR will be given with the salary/pension of April 2025. The arrears for the period from January 2025 to March 2025 will be paid in May 2025.

Odisha hikes DA by 2% for govt staff; check recent raise in other states

Odisha government employees will receive the increased DA as cash benefit along with their April salary

DA arrears for central govt employees: Check payment date & amount received

Government employees will receive arrears for January, February and March 2025, along with April salaries

Cabinet approves 2% hike in dearness allowance of central govt employees

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of the increase in both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs 6,614.04 crore per annum

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Jharkhand govt hikes DA of employees by 7%, effective from July 1, 2024

The Jharkhand government on Tuesday approved a 7-per cent hike in the dearness allowance (DA) of its employees, effective from July 1 last year, an official said. Under the sixth central pay commission, the employees would be receiving DA of 246 per cent (of the basic pay) from the existing 239 per cent, he said. The proposal was approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The dearness relief to pensioners under the sixth pay commission was also increased by 7 percentage points to 246 per cent. The DA for the government employees under the fifth pay commission was also hiked to 455 per cent from the existing 443 per cent, effective from July 1, 2024, Joint Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Ranjan told reporters. A total of 12 proposals were cleared by the cabinet, including approval for the Jharkhand Micro, Small and Medium Units (MSME) Special Exemption Bill, 2025. The cabinet also approved the Factories (Jharkhand Amendment) Bill, 2024 in order to comply wit

Jharkhand hikes employees' dearness allowance by 3%: Check benefits

Central government and West Bengal announced similar steps before

Dearness allowance of Gujarat govt employees, pensioners hiked by 3%

The Gujarat government on Wednesday announced a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its around nine lakh employees and pensioners by 3 per cent to 53 per cent of the basic pay, a decision which will come into effect retrospectively from July 1, 2024. The finance department issued a resolution raising the DA from the current 50 per cent to 53 per cent of the basic pay under the Gujarat State Services (Pay Revision) Rules, 2016, benefiting over nine lakh employees and pensioners. Arrears for the period July to November will be disbursed along with the December salary and pension in January 2025, it said. All state government and panchayat employees, teaching and non-teaching staff in secondary and higher secondary schools, and staffers in aided non-government schools who are covered under the 7th Pay Commission will benefit from the hike. With appropriate modifications, the benefit will also be available to primary teachers and employees on deputation or transfer in panchayats who ..

Tripura approves 5% DA hike; 200k employees, pensioners to benefit

The Tripura cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to increase 5 per cent DA to state government employees and pensioners with effect from November 1, a minister said. Around 2 lakh employees and pensioners will benefit from the additional 5 per cent DA taking the total dearness allowance to 30 per cent, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Sushanta Chowdhury told reporters. The council of ministers approved a proposal to hike DA by 5 per cent for the government employees and pensioners with effect from November 1. The state government will have to spend an additional Rs 500 crore annually for the increased DA," the minister said after the cabinet meeting. The decision was taken despite tight fiscal conditions and the government's spending of Rs 1,700 crore on restoration work after the devastating flood in the northeastern state, he said. The move to increase 5 per cent DA was aimed at reducing the gap of the dearness allowance between employees of the Centre and state government, .

Assam Cabinet approves 3% dearness allowance hike for state govt employees

The Assam Cabinet on Sunday approved 3-per cent dearness allowance (DA) hike for state government employees, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The increase will be effective from July this year, he said. Addressing a press conference after chairing a cabinet meet here, Sarma said, With this, the total DA will be 53 per cent, which is at par with central government employees. He said the increased DA will be payable with retrospective effect from July, and the arrear amount will be paid in four equal installments with the monthly salaries from January to April next year. The employees will draw salary with revised DA from December, the CM said. The cabinet also decided to do away with the earlier provision in the Assam Tea Plantation Provident Fund scheme, which barred a tea garden worker whose monthly wage is more than Rs 15,000 from getting provident fund (PF) benefits. As wages of the workers are now increasing, we do not want anyone to be deprived of PF benefits. Hence,

Cabinet approves 3% hike in Dearness Allowance; now stands at 53%

The combined impact on the exchequer due to the DA and DR increases would be Rs 9,448.35 crore per annum, according to the press statement

DA hiked by 3% for govt employees: Your take home salary explained

DA is provided to employees to offset the effects of inflation during a financial year and is calculated based on the All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI)

How much DA hike will central government employees get? Know details here

Dearness Allowance is a crucial component of the pay structure for over 10 million central government employees and pensioners, offering protection against the effect of inflation

Minimum wage rates hiked from October 1 as VDA revised; check new rates

Workers in sectors like construction, loading and unloading, security, cleaning, housekeeping, mining, and agriculture under central sphere establishments will benefit from the revised wage rates

Centre likely to announce 3-4% DA hike for employees ahead of Diwali

The potential increase in Dearness Allowance is expected to bring a financial boost to government employees