CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
Dearness Allowance Rates (DA Rates)
|
Effective Rates |
Rates of DA |
|
Effective Rates |
Rates of DA |
|
|
01.01.1996 |
0% |
DA OM |
01.01.2001 |
43% |
DA OM |
|
01.07.1996 |
4% |
DA OM |
01.07.2001 |
45% |
DA OM |
|
01.01.1997 |
8% |
DA OM |
01.01.2002 |
49% |
DA OM |
|
01.07.1997 |
13% |
DA OM |
01.07.2002 |
52% |
DA OM |
|
01.01.1998 |
16% |
DA OM |
01.01.2003 |
55% |
|
|
01.07.1998 |
22% |
DA OM |
01.07.2003 |
59% |
|
|
01.01.1999 |
32% |
DA OM |
01.01.2004 |
61% |
|
|
01.07.1999 |
37% |
DA OM |
01.03.2004 |
DA Merger |
DA OM |
|
01.01.2000 |
38% |
DA OM |
|
|
|
|
01.07.2000 |
41% |
DA OM |
|
|
|
The Central Government had merged 50% of the Dearness Allowance
(DA) with the basic pay w.e.f. 01.04.2004 and the Dearness Allowance continued to be calculated with reference to the AICPI (IW) average as on 1st January, 1996 of 306.33 without changing the index base consequent to the merger. Accordingly, Dearness Allowance
(DA) at following rates were sanctioned from 01.07.2004 till 01.07.2007.
|
Effective Rates |
Rates of DA |
|
Effective Rates |
Rates of DA |
|
|
01.07.2004 |
14% |
DA OM |
01.07.2006 |
29% |
DA OM |
|
01.01.2005 |
17% |
DA OM |
01.01.2007 |
35% |
DA OM |
|
01.07.2005 |
21% |
DA OM |
01.07.2007 |
41% |
DA OM |
|
01.01.2006 |
24% |
DA OM |
01.01.2008 |
47% |
DA OM |
|
|
|
|
01.07.2008 |
54% |
DA OM |
The Central Government on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission had decided that the Dearness Allowance
(DA) admissible to all categories of Central Government employees shall be at the following rates.
DA (Dearness Allowance) Calculation Based on AICPIN
|
Month & Year |
AICPIN
(B.Y. 2001 = 100) |
DA Percentage |
Sanctioned by Govt. |
Govt. Orders |
| June 2016 |
277 |
129.60 |
|
|
| July 2016 |
|
|
2% |
DA OM |
| December 2016 |
275 |
128.67 |
|
|
| January 2017 |
|
|
4% |
DA OM |
| June 2017 |
280 |
131.00 |
|
|
| July 2017 |
|
|
5% |
DA OM |
| December 2017 |
286 |
133.80 |
|
|
| January 2018 |
|
|
7% |
DA OM |
| June 2018 |
291 |
136.14 |
|
|
| July 2018 |
|
|
9% |
DA OM |
| December 2018 |
301 |
140.81 |
|
|
| January 2019 |
|
|
12% |
DA OM |
| June 2019 |
316 |
147.82 |
|
|
| July 2019 |
|
|
17% |
DA OM |
| December 2019 |
330 |
154.37 |
|
|
| January 2020 |
|
|
21% (Not paid) |
(Not issued) |
| June 2020 |
332 |
|
|
|
| July 2020 |
|
|
24% (Not paid) |
(Not issued) |
| |
AICPIN
(B.Y. 2016 = 100) |
|
|
|
| December 2020 |
118.8 |
28.17 |
|
|
| January 2021 |
|
|
28% (Paid from July) |
DA OM |
| June 2021 |
121.7 |
31.17 |
|
|
| July 2021 |
|
|
31% |
DA OM |
| December 2021 |
125.4 |
34.46 |
|
|
| January 2022 |
|
|
34% |
DA OM |
| June 2022 |
129.2 |
38.54 |
|
|
| July 2022 |
|
|
38% |
DA OM |
| December 2022 |
132.3 |
42.37 |
|
|
| January 2023 |
|
|
42% |
DA OM |
| June 2023 |
136.4 |
46.24 |
|
|
| July 2023 |
|
|
46% |
DA OM |
| December 2023 |
138.8 |
50.28 |
|
|
| January 2024 |
|
|
50% |
DA OM |
| June 2024 |
141.4 |
53.36 |
|
|
| July 2024 |
|
|
53% |
DA OM |
| December 2024 |
143.7 |
55.99 |
|
|
| January 2025 |
|
|
55% |
DA OM |
| June 2025 |
145 |
58.18 |
|
|
| July 2025 |
|
|
58% |
DA OM |
| |
|
|
|
|
How to calculate % of increase in DA (Dearness Allowance)?
DA (Dearness Allowance) = (Average of AICPIN for the past 12 months – 115.76)*100/115.76