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ALL INDIA BANK OFFICERS’ CONFEDERATION
(Registered under the Trade Unions Act 1926, Registration No. 3427/ Delhi)
6th Floor, E-Block, Samriddhi Bhavan, 1, Strand Road, Kolkata -700 001
c/o State Bank of India Officers’ Association (Bengal Circle)
Phone: 2210-1234, Fax: (033) 2210-2210
Circular No. 2021/06
Date: 29.01.2021
To All Affiliates (Please Circulate)
DEARNESS ALLOWANCE
The Index Numbers for the quarter ended December 2020 are as under:
| Month | Index as per 2016 series | Index as per 2016 series | Index as per 1960 series |
| Oct 2020 | 119.5 | 4.63 X 4.93 X 2.88 | 7855.74 |
| Nov 2020 | 119.9 | 4.63 X 4.93 X 2.88 | 7882.06 |
| Dec 2020 | 118.8 | 4.63 X 4.93 X 2.88 | 7809.74 |
| Total | 23547.54 | ||
| Average | 23547.54 / 3 | 7849.18 | |
| Rounded off | 7849 | ||
| Difference in excess of 6352 points | 1497 |
| Number of slabs | 374 |
| D.A. paid for the previous quarter on slabs | 341 |
| Difference | 33 |
Accordingly, Dearness Allowance is payable to Officers on 374 (i.e.341 +33) slabs with effect from 01-02-2021 as against 341 slabs for the previous quarter. The rates of Dearness Allowance at various stages of basic pay are furnished overleaf. The rates worked out are as per the industry level scales up to Scale VII including SBI. Please note that DA of Rs.13.86 is to be added at every stage (difference amount of increase on Learning allowance).
With greetings,
Yours comradely,
(Soumya Datta)
General Secretary
