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Six per cent hike in DA for Central Govt. employees announced

| | Mar 23, 2016, at 08:04 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS) A day ahead of the Holi, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday announced six per cent hike in the dearness allowance for central government employees, reports said.

With this move, the DA will go up to 125 per cent  from existing 119 per cent , benefitting over 10 million employees and pensioners.

Earlier in September 2015, DA was increased to 119 per cent from 113 per cent which was effective from July 1, 2015.

In April 2015, the government had hiked DA by 6 percentage points to 113 per cent of their basic pay with effect from January 1, 2015.

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