As informed in this blog a few hours ago, Cabinet approved 3% D.A/D.R. to Central Govt. employees and pensioners with effect from 1st July 2021. With this hike total D.A./D.R. reached to 31% of Basic Pay / Pension. Earlier in July, Govt. cleared pending 11% D.A. which was kept in abeyance from January 2020 onwards due to corona outbreak and necessary expenses thereof.
This will benefit about 47.14 lakh Central Government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners Impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief would be Rs.9,488.70 crore per annum (As per PIB Press Release)
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