7th pay commission: Modi government may announce to increase DA and DR on March 16
7th pay commission : Now the results of the elections of five states are out. BJP has done well in all the states except Punjab. In such a situation, will the Modi government give gifts to government employees? Central Government Employees and Pensioners is expecting a 3 percent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA). The cabinet meeting is to be held on March 16, after which the Modi government can announce to increase the DA.
If this happens, government employees and pensioners will get Dearness Allowance (DA Hike) and Dearness Relief (DR Hike) at the rate of 34 percent. Right now this rate is 31 percent. This decision of the Modi government will benefit more than 50 lakh government employees and more than 65 lakh pensioners.
Will be announced before Holi
A cabinet meeting is to be held on March 16 in which a decision can be taken on increasing the dearness allowance and dearness relief of the employees. Modi government can announce to increase DA and DR on March 16. According to the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission, the government calculates DA on the basic salary.
It’s so DA now
At present, government employees get 31 percent DA. With the increase of 3 percent, the salary of government employees will increase up to a maximum of Rs 20,000 and a minimum of Rs 6480. DA of employees will increase to 34 percent. According to the data of AICPI (All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers), DA has reached 34.04% till December 2021. These figures are telling that this time dearness allowance will increase by 3 percent.
DA will increase this much on 18,000 basic pay
If the basic salary of the employee is Rs 18,000 per month. 6120 per month will be available on new DA (34%). Now getting Rs 5580 on DA being 31%. You will get Rs 540 per month in your monthly salary. That is, annually you will get Rs 6,480.
