Central Government Employees may get a 3 percent increase in DA and DR rates in this festive season (DA-DR hike). With this, the DA and DR of central employees and pensioners will become 31 percent of the basic salary.
New Delhi. Central Government Employees can get many benefits one after the other in the coming time. In these, before the festive season, the dearness allowance of government employees is going to increase once again by 3 percent. In simple words, they will be given a hike again (DA Hike) a few months after the restoration of DA from 17 per cent to 28 per cent with effect from July 1, 2021. In July 2021, Union Minister Anurag Thakur had said that the central government has decided to increase the DA by 11 per cent to 28 per cent for government employees and pensioners.
Recently, many announcements have been made for central
employees. Central government employees may increase the rate of DA and DR by 3 percent again in this festive season. With this, the DA and DR of central employees and pensioners will increase from 28 percent to 31 percent of the basic salary. Apart from the increase in DA and DR, the central government employees will also get some other benefits, which were announced recently. Let us know what are the 5 big benefits that central employees can get in the festive season. The limit of family pension of central employees has been increased from Rs 45000 to Rs 1.25 lakh. The Center had taken this step to help the families of the deceased employees and provide them adequate financial assistance.
What are the benefits to central employees? The
Modi government had started House Building Advance (HBA) in June 2020 to give loans at affordable interest rates to government employees who want to build their homes. Apart from this, pension slips have also been started through SMS, email and WhatsApp directly on the registered mobile and e-mail of retired central government pensioners. At the same time, in addition to DA and DR, increased House Rent Allowance (HRA) will also be available. Let us tell you that if the DA is more than 25 percent, the HRA automatically increases. Central employees have started getting the benefit of increased HRA.
