Tag: Dearness Relief

The government fact check agency has called the 'No DA & DR'news as fake stating that no such order has been issued by the Finance Ministry

The Union Cabinet on Thursday (Oct 21) approved a three per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners.

As per the 7th Pay Commission calculator, the jump in salary at the minimum level (basic pay of Rs 18,000) will be over 6k

According to the calculation, the DA rate in July will be around 31 per cent. If you're drawing the minimum salary of Rs 18000, then the arrear amount will be Rs 23,760.

Disapproving all the claims about restoration of Dearness Allowance and Dearness relief (DR) from July 1, the Union Finance Ministry clarified on Saturday (June 26) that no such decision has been made as yet.

New Delhi: In a major development, the Union Cabinet today approved to release an additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from July 1, 2018 representing an increase of 2 per cent over the existing rate of 7 per cent of the Basic Pay/Pension, […]

7th Pay Commission: A day after Congress lashed out at the Narendra Modi government for freezing dearness allowance (DA) of Central government employees, the BJP has clarified that there is no cut in DA and dearness relief (DR). The additional hike over 17% currently paid will be reinstated prospectively, effective Jan 2020. “There is no […]

Amid the wait for the hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) as per the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the Centre recently clarified that the Central government employees will continue to get DA and Dearness Relief (DR) at the current rates. The central government employees are presently getting 17 per cent DA and they have been waiting […]