Report: Cabinet Approves 4% DA Increase for Government Employees Following 7th Pay Commission
The Union Cabinet is poised to approve a 4% Dearness Allowance (DA) raise for central government workers on Wednesday, which is good news right before the holiday season.
After today’s Union Cabinet meeting, the Centre was prepared to accept the 4% DA increase, according to sources, source Now said.
After the hike, the DA for workers of the central government is currently 46%.
The Labour Bureau releases the most recent Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) each month, which is used to calculate the dearness allowance for workers and retirees.
The government has already authorized Diwali bonuses for Group C and non-gazetted Group B level personnel, including paramilitary troops. A cap of 7,000 yen has been established by the finance ministry for the computation of non-productivity related incentives (ad hoc bonuses) for central government workers for the fiscal year 2022–2023.
According to the memorandum, the Department of Expenditure under the Finance Ministry stated that all non-gazetted employees in Group B and all central government employees in Group C who are not covered by any productivity-linked bonus scheme have each been given a non-productivity linked bonus (ad-hoc bonus) equivalent to 30 days’ worth of pay for the accounting year 2022–2023 so far.
