Govt hikes DA to 100 per cent for 80 lakh employees & pensioners

As per practice, the government uses Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers data of the past 12 months to arrive at a quantum for the purpose of any DA hike. Thus, the retail inflation for industrial workers between January 1 to December 31, 2013 was used to take a final call on the matter.

According to the provisional data released by government on January 31, the retail inflation for factory workers in December was 9.13 per cent. The revised retail inflation data for January is scheduled to be released Friday.

An official had said earlier that the preliminary assessment suggests that DA hike will not be less than 10 per cent and would be effective from January 1.