Hike in dearness allowance for Central govt employees likely in July

Amid rising inflation, 48 lakh Central government employees and 67 lakh pensioners may get a hike in their dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR), which is likely to be announced in July. The DA is announced twice a year. It was first announced in January this year. According to reports, the government may factor in the rising retail inflation which was estimated at 7.04 percent in May.

Dearness Allowance (DA) is given to government employees and dearness relief (DR) is received by pensioners.

Earlier, the announcement regarding DA was made in March and September every year. However, there was a gap of one-and-a-half years after December 31, 2019, as no hike or change was affected in the DA amount due to the COVID-19 pandemic.