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LATEST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES NEWS
Central Government Offices Holidays 2021
Freezing of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief – Finmin Orders 2020
DA Loss Calculation Table 2020

LATEST CENTRAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONERS NEWS
Annual Increment Due on 1st July to the Employees Retiring on 30th June
Notional Increment on the Day of Superannuation
FR 56(j) of CCS (Pension) Rules age of 50 years or on Completion of 30 years of Service
Coverage under CCS (Pension) Rules CG employees appointment before and after 01-01-2004

Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief Table for Central Government Employees and Pensioners

Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief Table for Central Government Employees and Pensioners

Dearness allowance and Dearness relief is being granted to existing employees and retired employees respectively. Dearness allowance is calculated on the basis of current basic pay and the dearness relief is calculated on the basis of basic pension.

How to calculate DA?

DA is calculated on the percentage fixed by the Central Government from time to time as per the calculation method prescribed by the pay commission. The percentage of basic pay is Dearness Allowance. The formula for DA Calculation is common for 5th CPC, 6th CPC and 7th CPC, except the fitment factor.

DA Calculation Formula

The formula for calculating DA is given below and the method of calculation is common for 5th CPC DA, 6th CPC DA and 7th CPC DA. The linking factor is given below for calculating the percentage of DA. The linking factor is nothing but the average of 12 months of All India Consumer Price Index number from Jan 2015 to Dec 2015.

Dearness Allowance = (Average of AICPIN for the past 12 months – Fitment Factor) x 100 / Fitment Factor

7th Pay Commission DA Percentage = (Average of AICPI for the past 12 months – 261.4) x 100 / 261.4

  • 5th CPC Fitment Factor = 306.33
  • 6th CPC Fitment Factor = 115.76
  • 7th CPC Fitment Factor = 261.4

The current rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) is 17% (Updated on 14.10.2019)
The current rate of Dearness Relief (DR) is 17% (Updated on 21.10.2019)

5th CPC, 6th CPC and 7th CPC DA RATES TABLE FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS

DA and DR Rates from 1996 to 2005 and 2006 to 2015 and 2016 to June 2021 table

Freezing of DA Rates Table

The Government of India has decided recently to freeze the additional Dearness allowance and Dearness relief to CG employees and pensioners from January 2020 to June 2021 (18 months) due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic crisis. [Click to view the Finmin Order]

5th, 6th, 7th Pay DA Chart

The percentage of DA and DR From 1996 for 5th CPC Pensioners, From 2006 for 6th CPC Pensioners, and From 2016 for 7th CPC Pensioners (DA Rates from Jan 2016 in 7th pay commission till date).

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5th CPC DA Rate 6th CPC DA Rate 7th CPC DA Rate
M/Y DA % M/Y DA% M/Y DA%
Jan-1996 0 Jan-2006 0 Jan-2016 0
Jul-1996 4% Jul-2006 2% Jul-2016 2%
Jan-1997 8% Jan-2007 6% Jan-2017 4%
Jul-1997 13% Jul-2007 9% Jul-2017 5%
Jan-1998 16% Jan-2008 12% Jan-2018 7%
Jul-1998 22% Jul-2008 16% Jul-2018 9%
Jan-1999 32% Jan-2009 22% Jan-2019 12%
Jul-1999 37% Jul-2009 27% Jul-2019 17%
Jan-2000 38% Jan-2010 35% Jan-2020 DA Freeze
Jul-2000 41% Jul-2010 45% Jul-2020  DA Freeze
Jan-2001 43% Jan-2011 51% Jan-2021 DA Freeze
Jul-2001 45% Jul-2011 58% Jun-2021 DA Freeze
Jan-2002 49% Jan-2012 65%
Jul-2002 52% Jul-2012 72%
Jan-2003 55% Jan-2013 80%
Jul-2003 59% Jul-2013 90%
Jan-2004 61% Jan-2014 100%
Apr-2004 11% Jul-2014 107%
Jul-2004 14% Jan-2015 113%
Jan-2005 17% Jul-2015 119%
Jul-2005 21% Jan-2016 125%
Jan-2006 24% Jul-2016 132%
Jul-2006 29% Jan-2017 136%
Jan-2007 35% Jul-2017 139%
Jul-2007 41% Jan-2018 142%
Jan-2008 47% Jul-2018 148%
Jul-2008 57% Jan-2019 154%
Jan-2009 64%
Jul -2009 73%
Jan-2010 87%
Jul-2010 103%
Jan-2011 115%
Jul-2011 127%
Jan-2012 139%
Jul-2012 151%
Jan-2013 166%
Jul-2013 183%
Jan-2014 195%
Jul-2014 212%
Jan-2015 223%
Jul-2015 234%
Jan-2016 245%
Jul-2016 255%
Jan-2017 264%
Jul-2017 268%
Jan-2018 274%
Jul-2018 284%
Jan-2019 295%

Note: Central Government had taken the decision on merger of dearness allowance with effect from 1.4.2004 in 5th CPC period. But, the calculation of DA continued with reference to the CPI (IW) average as on 1.1.1996 of 306.33. After merged DA with Basic pay, from July 2004 to July 2007 the above said calculation was adopted.

What is current rate of Dearness allowance?

The current rate of Dearness allowance is 17% with effect from 1st July 2019 to June 2021 for Central Government employees, Pensioners and Family Pensioners.

Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) both are the same. Dearness allowance and Dearness relief are being granted to existing employees and retired employees respectively. Dearness allowance is calculated on the basis of current basic pay of Government employees and the dearness relief is calculated on the basis of basic pension of Government pensioners. DA/DR is normally declared twice a year for compensating the price hike of essential commodities. DA/DR is indicating a particular percentage fixed by the Central Government. The calculation of DA/DR is based on CPI (IW) as per the recommendations of the 7th pay commission.

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