The DA revision was withheld in 2020 due to the financial stress on state coffers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Jharkhand government has announced a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees.
The Karnataka government has ordered releasing additional installments of dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and pensioners, which it had frozen in view of the crisis arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Haryana government has announced a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and pensioners.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to restore Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners from July 1, 2021 while increasing the rate of allowance to 28 per cent.
7th Pay Commission: The Finance Ministry has clarified that it has not issued any notice on resumption of Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for Central government pensioners from July 2021.
The hike, which will be effective from April 1, 2021, will also result in an increase in rate of minimum wages for central sphere employees and workers.
Central government employees and pensioners will get full benefits of dearness allowance starting July 1, with all the three pending installments being restored prospectively, Minister for State for Finance, Anurag Thakur said in Parliament on Tuesday.
According to media reports, the Centre is expected to increase the dearness allowance of its employees by 4 per cent which will increase the Dearness Allowance to 21 per cent. At present, dearness allowance is 17 per cent.
7th Pay Commission: The salaries of the employes may lead to hike before Diwali as the Union government is planning to change the base year for the consumer price index for industrial workers (CPI-IW). The move is likely to benefit 48 lakh central government employees.
The Centre on Wednesday has clarified that the government has not passed any new order in relation to the suspension of Dearness Allowance (DA) hike.
7th Pay Commission: There is good news expected for Central government employees as Dearness Allowance (DA) hike is expected for them. The Central government employees are expecting the Dearness Allowance (DA) for the January-June 2020 period from July 2021 onwards.
In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, CM Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government decided to freeze dearness allowance (DA) of its employees and dearness relief (DR) of all pensioners at current rate till July next year, an official statement by the Haryana Finance Department said.
The Delhi government has put on hold hike in inflation-linked allowance for around 2.2 lakh employees and pensioners till July 2021, following a similar step by the Centre.
Citing the severe fiscal crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced freezing of additional installment of Dearness Allowance for its employees and pensioners till July 2021 and suspended earned leave encashment for a year.
After Uttar Pradesh, Uddhav Thackeray led Maharashtra govt is likely to hold its employees Dearness Allowance (DA), Leave Travel Concession (LTC) for two years amid coronavirus crisis.
Current and retired employees of BSNL have opposed the government's decision to freeze dearness allowance (DA) for 18 months, starting January 1, 2020.
Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday decided to suspend six types of allowances including DA (Dearness Allowance) being provided to the UP government employees and pensioners.
Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday decided to suspend six types of allowances including DA (Dearness Allowance) being provided to the UP government employees and pensioners. These allowances will now remain suspended for a period between January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021.
The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs.12,510.04 crore per annum and Rs.14,595.04 crore in Financial Year 2020-21 (for a period of 14 months from January, 2020 to February, 2021).
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