Release of additional installment of dearness allowance to Central
Government employees and dearness relief to Pensioners, due from 1.7.2013
The Union Cabinet today
approved the proposal to release an additional installment of Dearness
Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to
pensioners with effect from 01.07.2013, in cash, at the rate of 10 per cent
increase over the existing rate of 80 per cent.
Hence,
the Central Government employees as well as the pensioners are entitled for
DA/DR at the rate of 90 per cent of the basic with effect from 01.07.2013. The
increase is in accordance with the accepted formula based on the
recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.The combined impact on the
exchequer on account of both dearness allowance and dearness relief would be of
the order of Rs. 10879.60 crore per annum and Rs. 7253.10 crore in the
financial year 2013-14 ( i.e. for a period of 8 month from July, 2013 to
February 2014)
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