Good News for Central Employees! You will get increased salary in September, orders issued by the government

New Delhi. There is good news for central employees and pensioners who have been waiting for DA and DR for a long time. The Finance Ministry on Tuesday issued a new order to implement the decision of the Union Cabinet to increase the DA of central employees from 17 percent to 28 percent with effect from July 1. This increase will also include additional installments due from January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021. It is to be known that last week, the Union Cabinet had given its approval to a proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of central employees and pensioners by 11 per cent. This decision will be effective from July 1.

This decision of the central government will benefit more than 48 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners. According to the Finance Ministry, this order will also be applicable to the civilian employees getting paid from Defense Services Estimate. Separate orders will be issued by the respective ministries for the employees of Armed Forces and Railway employees.

DA-DR not received since 18 months

The Center had stopped the payment of DA and DR with effect from 1 January 2020 due to Kovid-19. Due to this, 18 months DA-DR has not been paid to central employees and pensioners from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. However, DA-DR is being paid at the rate prior to January 1, 2020. The DA for central employees and pensioners is increased every 6 months. The Center has increased DA by 4% in January 2020, 3% in June 2020 and 4% in January 2021.

DR benefit to 60 lakh pensioners

The decision of the cabinet will also benefit about 60 lakh pensioners of the central government as their dearness relief (DR) benefit will also be restored along with DA benefits of central government employees. However, the Union Minister clarified that DA and DR arrears of about 1.14 Central Government employees and pensioners will not be given for the period January 2020 to June 2021.

How much will the salary increase after DA Hike?

As the DA of central government employees will increase from 17 per cent to 28 per cent with effect from July 1, 2021, their monthly salary is expected to keep pace with the DA hike. This increase can be calculated on the basis of basic salary of the employee. For salary calculation under 7th Pay Commission, suppose that if the basic monthly salary of a central government employee is ₹ 20,000, then his current DA per month is ₹ 3400, now after the increase in DA, his monthly DA is ₹ 5600 Will happen. Similarly, other central government employees can check the increase in their monthly DA amount.