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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?
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

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

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

5th, 6th, 7th Pay DA Chart

5^thCPC		6^thCPC		7^thCPC
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	17%
Jul-2000	41%	Jul-2010	45%	Jul-2020	17%
Jan-2001	43%	Jan-2011	51%	Jan-2021	17%
Jul-2001	45%	Jul-2011	58%	Jun-2021	17%
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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