After increasing the Dearness Allowance DA at the center, it has now started implementing it in the states as well. It is likely that in October, the employees of many states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand will also get the benefit of this in the salary coming in the bank account.
After increasing the Dearness Allowance (DA) in the center, now it has started implementing it in the states as well. It is likely that in October, employees of many states including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand will also get the benefit of this in the salary coming in the bank account. With the increase in Dearness Allowance, the House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Traveling Allowance (TA) of these employees have also increased significantly.
Another advantage with HRA
According to Harishankar Tiwari, former president of AG Office Brotherhood, Prayagraj, which calculates dearness allowance, the rate of HRA has also increased after crossing the 25 percent mark of DA. Now the central employee will get 9, 18 and 27 percent HRA instead of 8, 16 and 24 percent. The committee formed for the 7th Pay Commission had fixed the slab of HRA along with the implementation of the new pay scale. However, it was kept at a minimum of Rs 5400 per month.
Basic Salary: Minimum Rs 24200 per month
Dearness Allowance (17%) which was getting earlier = Rs 4114 per month
How much was the increase in DA (11 percent) = Rs 2662 per month
Total DA (28 percent) will now be available = Rs 6776 per month
Transport Allowance (TA) (Metro workers) = Rs 4608 per month
Total Salary : Rs 35,584 per month (Excluding HRA & other Perks) will be made
Advantage in Transport Allowance
According to Harishankar Tiwari, the employees of Level – 1 to 2 will get TA from Rs 1152 to Rs 4608. At the same time, employees from Level 3 to Level 8 will get traveling allowance from Rs 2304 to Rs 4608 per month. Level 9 and above employees will get allowance ranging from Rs 4608 to Rs 9216. Traveling allowance is calculated on the basis of Dearness Allowance. Transport allowance also increases as dearness allowance increases.
January-June data also came
Harishankar Tiwari said that the figures of dearness allowance for the half yearly period from January to June have also arrived. It will increase by 3 percent. With this, the DA of the employees will increase from 28 percent to 31 percent.
