7th Pay Commission DA Hike: If everything goes well, this month of September is going to be special for central employees and pensioners. Before Durga Puja, money may be showered on them.
7th Pay Commission DA Hike: The wait of the central employees and pensioners waiting for the increase in dearness allowance and dearness relief is about to end. If everything goes well, then in the proposed meeting of the Union Cabinet on September 27, they can get a big gift of increase in DA and DR.
DA Hike before Durga Puja
If everything goes well, then this time also there may be a four percent increase in dearness allowance (7th Pay Commission DA Hike) to the central employees. If this happens, their current dearness allowance will increase from 42 to 46 percent. Due to this, a good increase in their salary and pension can be seen.
The increased DA and DR will be considered applicable from July 1, in such a situation, these people can get the increased salary for October as well as arrears for the months of July and August.
Waiting for government announcement
However, it is not clear how much the dearness allowance will increase this year. What will be the increase in dearness allowance will be clear only after the official announcement by the government.
Dearness Allowance crossed 46 percent mark
According to the AICPI index data released by the Labor Ministry for the six months from January to June, dearness allowance has crossed the 46 percent mark. In such a situation, it is expected that this time also the government dearness allowance may increase by 4 percent. If this time also there is an increase of four percent in DA and DR, then it will be the third consecutive time that there will be a hike of 4 percent in dearness allowance.
Calculation of AICPI Index Data (7th Pay Commission DA Hike)
- Month Index Data Dearness Allowance
- January 2023 132.8 points 43.08 %
- February 2023 132.7 points 43.79 %
- March 2023 133.3 points 44.46 %
- April 2023 134.2
- points 45.06 % May 2023 134.7 points 45.58 %
- June 2023 136.4 points 46.24%
