Dearness allowance (DA) is an important component of a central government employee's salary as it helps them meet inflation.

The central government has announced revised Dearness Allowance (DA) rates for central government employees and central autonomous bodies employees drawing their salary in the pre-revised grade ...

For central government employees, DA is a percentage of their basic salary and is revised biannually, taking into account inflation rates.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has recently notified the revised allowances available to central government employees. In March 2024, the dearness allowance (DA) for central ...

rates for board-level executives and supervisors in central public sector Enterprises (CPSEs). The government pays DA to employees and pensioners to adjust the cost of inflation. Thus, the DA is ...

The rate of DA for employees of the Central Government and Central Autonomous Bodies who are continuing to draw their salary as per the 5th Pay Commission has been increased by 16%. The previous ...

The 4% Dearness Allowance (DA) hike benefits central government employees and retirees by increasing several allowances, leading to higher salaries and bigger pensions. This adjustment also ...

Dearness Allowance (DA) has been increased for certain central government employees taking salaries ... with the newly revised rate being effective from July 1, 2024. Meanwhile, the DA is 455% ...

However, for this time, central government employees won't have any hike. The current DA rate for central government employees is 53 per cent. DA was last increased in July 2024, when it saw a jump to ...

DA Hike for Central ... benefit about 47.68 lakh central government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners. Dearness Allowance is calculated by multiplying the current rate of Dearness allowance ...

The DA rate is revised twice a year (once in January and second in June). Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced the 8th Pay Commission in January 2025. The DA may merge in the basic salary of ...