Dearness Allowance 5% More To Central Government Employees Since 1 July

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The central government Thursday announced a five percent hike in dearness allowance for its employees and pensioners, with retrospective effect from July 1.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni told reporters here after the meeting.

The five per cent increase in the DA for the employees and dearness relief for pensioners would be above the existing rate of 22 per cent of the basic pay or pension, the minister said.

Dearness allowance will now be 27.77 percent of the basic pay of government officials and pensioners.

The hike will cost the government Rs.2,903.55 crore in 2009-10 and Rs.4,355.35 crore per year in subsequent years, Soni said.

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