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09 Oct, 2019 02:42 PM

Dearness Allowance hiked by 5% to 17%

Dearness Allowance hiked by 5% to 17%

Ahead of the festive season, the Cabinet on Wednesday decided to hike Dearness Allowance of government employees by 5 percent to 17%. The move was announced by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and will benefit 50 lakh government employees and 62 lakh pensioners.

The DA now stands at 17%, an increase from last year's 12%, Javadekar said, calling it a "Diwali gift" for employees. The proposal is set to cause cost the exchequer a total of Rs 16,000 crore.

The DA is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees and pensioners. It is a component of salary and is counted as a fixed percentage of the person's basic salary. It is adjusted according to the inflationary trends to lessen the impact of inflation on government employees. The DA hike is calculated based on the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) released by the Labour Bureau, Government of India.




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