DA hike notified (Order copy attached)
Kuljinder Sra
Chandigarh, July 20, 2021: The Ministry of Finance, GOI on Tuesday issued notificaiton of the hike in the dearness relief (DR) of the government employees from existing 17 % to 28 %.
Last week, the Union cabinet had increased the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for 11.4 million central government employees and pensioners to 28% of basic pay from 17% effective prospectively.