7th Pay Commission Update: DA-DR To Increase By 4%
DA and DR is revised twice a year- January and July. The 7th Pay Commission DA updates have been announced recently.
What is DA-DR?
Dearness allowance (DA) is given to government and private sector employees as well as pensioners to aide their cost of living by providing money for those who are dependent on them. DA was first introduced in India in 1972. After this, the Central government started giving dearness allowance to all the government employees. DR is dearness relief, which is meant for the pensioners previously in the service. DA and DR is revised twice a year- January and July. The 7th Pay Commission DA updates have been announced recently.
Why is DA revision important?
Dearness allowance is an extra amount of money the employees get on top of their basic pay. This means that an increase in DA directly increases their salary. The government’s decision regarding DA update for this year was announced quite late.
As per expectations, the DA was increased by 4% to combat the rising inflation.
What are the changes in the DA-DR?
DA and DR are revised on the basis of retail-inflation industrial workers. The retail inflation for industrial workers stood at 6.16 per cent in June 2022, as compared to 6.97 per cent in May 2022 and 5.57 per cent in June 2021. This was because of the lower prices of food and fuel. The all-India CPI-IW (Consumer Price Index For Industrial Workers) for June 2022 witnessed an increase by 0.2 points and came in at 129.2 points. The CPI-IW in May was 129 points.
The government has announced an increase of 4% in the DA update of central employees. After the increase of 4% in DA, the total dearness allowance of central employees has gone up from 34 to 38 per cent. This decision of the government will benefit more than 1 crore central employees and pensioners.
This revised dearness allowance will be reflected in the salary of September 2022. However, the increased DA has been implemented from the month of July, which means the arrears for the month of July and August will also be given.
Calculation on maximum basic salary
- Basic salary of the employee- Rs 56,900
- New Dearness Allowance (38%)- Rs 21,622/month
- Increase after DA update- Rs 2260/month
- Increase in annual salary – Rs 27,120
Calculation on minimum basic salary
- Basic salary of the employee- Rs 18,000
- New Dearness Allowance (38%)- Rs.6840/month
- Increase after DA update- Rs.1080/month
- Increase in annual salary- Rs 8640
Ms Kalinga
All these DA raise is fooling the public and the centre is trying create an impression,that it is paying well etc.The centre is incapable of stopping black money .genarated by small venders provision,stores cloth merchants etc in villages small town,etc selling every thing without receipt .One should understand That DA is paid only to compensate the raise of pricing index and It is not a salary increase .while it is so why it should be taken as income for taxation .Is it justified ? Will the govt will come out and remove this anamoly ,By giving DA And revising the govt silently bringing more people into tax bracket and ultimatly the indivitual purchasing ability becomes less.
Which work
Then you please leave govt job. Doing nothing and getting paid heavily. You guy are getting this from Tax payers pocket.
Most of the news are published on their own. The central govt will sanction D.A increase only in March /September giving effect from 1st Jan n 1st July.
You should publish news after the Govt announced. Otherwise the public presume that govt is sanctioning DA hike frequently