Bringing festive cheer ahead of Diwali, the central government on Wednesday announced a 3% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for employees and pensioners. With this revision, the DA rate has increased from 55% to 58%, benefiting nearly 1.2 crore central government employees and pensioners. For Level-1 employees, who draw a minimum basic salary of Rs 18,000 per month, the 3% hike will translate into an increase of Rs 540 every month. This means that such employees will now receive Rs 10,440 per month as DA (58% of Rs 18,000). Pensioners at the minimum basic pension of Rs 9,000 will see a rise of Rs 270 per month, taking their DR amount to Rs 5,220. Advertisement

Arrears from July 2025

The hike has been implemented with retrospective effect from July 1, 2025. Conseq

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