The Cupboard on October 28 authorized a 3-percentage-point building up in Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central govt staff and Dearness Reduction (DR) for pensioners. The revised charges will upward thrust from 60% to 63% of fundamental pay and pension, respectively.
The rise will take impact retrospectively from July 1, 2026, offering further monetary toughen to staff and pensioners forward of Diwali.
Roughly 48 lakh Central govt staff and 68 lakh pensioners are anticipated to have the benefit of the verdict. The blended annual have an effect on at the exchequer has been estimated at Rs 10,016 crore.
The revision follows the accredited method in accordance with the suggestions of the seventh Central Pay Fee and is geared toward offsetting the impact of emerging costs on staff and pensioners.
Revised charges underneath previous pay commissions
For staff and pensioners coated via the sixth Central Pay Fee pay scales, DA and DR were higher via seven share issues, from 262% to 269% of fundamental pay and pension, respectively.
The ones coated via the fifth Central Pay Fee pay scales will obtain a 14-percentage-point building up, taking the charges from 483% to 497%. Each those revisions may even observe from July 1, 2026.
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