7th pay commission: The central government can give gifts to central employees by the end of February. The government can announce an increase in dearness allowance (DA). According to reports, this time the government can increase the dearness allowance of central employees by 3 percent. This increase in DA will be considered applicable from 1 January 2025. However, if we look at the records of previous years, the government has done the DA of January in the late February and early March. The government can increase dearness allowance before the festival of Holi. The government increases DA 2 times a year 1 January and 1 July.
Dearness allowance will be 56%
Last year too, DA was increased in the first week of October. But it was considered to be applicable from 1 July. The government had increased the DA by 3 per cent in October. The DA increased from 50 percent to 53 percent then. Earlier in March 2024, DA had increased by 4 percent. Then the dearness allowance increased by 4 percent to 50 percent of the basic pay. Now DA is 53 percent of the basic salary. Also, inflation relief (DR) for pensioners is also 53 percent. DA is given to central employees, while DR is given to pensioners. If the government increases 3 percent DA, DA will increase to 56 percent.
Dearness allowance will increase on this date of February
This government will make this announcement before Holi. This time Holi is on 14 March. The government will also release the installment of PM farmer on February 28. There will be a cabinet meeting on 26 February Wednesday. After that the government can increase the dearness allowance of central employees.
Will DA be stopped during Covid-19?
Recently, during the monsoon session of Parliament, Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary made it clear that the government is not seeing the possibility of releasing 18-month DA and DR dris stopped during Covid-19 epidemic. In response to a question, Minister Pankaj Chaudhary said that the government is not considering the release of 18 months DA and Dr Baka of central employees and pensioners that were stopped during Covid-19. Three installments of January 2020, July 2020 and January 2021 were stopped due to financial troubles due to Kovid epidemic.
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