7th Pay Commission DA Hike: A good news may come soon for the central government employees. According to reports, the central government may announce a 3 percent increase in dearness allowance (DA) in September 2024
7th Pay Commission DA Hike: A good news may come soon for the central government employees. According to reports, the central government may announce a 3 percent increase in dearness allowance (DA) in September 2024. The increased Dearness Allowance (DA) will come into effect from July 1, 2024. However, this increase can also be up to 4 percent, it will depend on the inflation situation. If the government increases DA from 3 to 4 percent on the first of September next month, then the DA received by central employees can increase to 53 to 54 percent.
Central employees are getting 50% DA
At present, dearness allowance is 50 percent of the basic salary. According to the 7th Pay Commission, there is a talk of including DA in the basic salary, but in case the DA is more than 50 percent, it will not be included in the basic salary. Instead, allowances will be increased, including HRA. That is, if DA increases after a limit, then HRA i.e. House Rent Allowance will increase. Let us tell you here that at one time during the 4th Pay Commission, DA had reached 170 percent.
Dearness allowance was increased by 4 percent in March
In March 2024, the Modi government had increased the dearness allowance by 4 percent to 50 percent of the basic salary and also increased the dearness relief (DR) by 4 percent. Regarding the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, the central employees and workers union have demanded its establishment before the 2024 budget and restoration of the old pension scheme. However, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Rajya Sabha in July that the government currently has no proposal to constitute the 8th Pay Commission.
When will the 8th Pay Commission come?
The 7th Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014 and its recommendations were implemented from January 1, 2016. Usually the central government constitutes a salary commission every 10 years so that the salary of government employees can be re-fixed. Therefore, at present there is no proposal regarding the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, but the increase in dearness allowance can provide relief to the employees.
