Central government employees: The central government has increased the salary of its employees by 2 percent. This increase has been made in the form of dearness allowance (DA). The government considers increasing the dearness allowance of central employees twice a year. With this increase, DA will increase from 53 to 55 percent. Please note that this increase is based on the basic salary. For example, if an employee’s basic salary is Rs 30,000, then his salary will increase by 600 percent. If someone’s salary is Rs 50,000, then his salary will increase by Rs 1000 and people earning a salary of Rs 1 lakh will get an increase of Rs 2000.
How much will the salary be?
Suppose someone’s basic salary is Rs 50,000. Till now he used to get 53 percent DA. 53 percent of 50,000 is Rs 26500. Now let’s assume Rs 10,000 as HRA. Let us tell you that HRA depends on many factors. This is being told here only as an example. So according to this calculation, till now the central government employee was getting a salary of Rs 86500. Now if DA becomes 55% then the total salary will increase by Rs 1000. That means the new salary will be Rs 87500. Similarly, the pension of pensioners will also increase.
What is DA?
DA is a dearness allowance given by the government to its employees. The government considers it twice a year keeping in mind the rising inflation. Usually, it is increased by 3-4 percent. Therefore, this time it is being said that the government has increased DA less than expected. Along with DA, DR i.e. Dearness Relief is also increased. DR is given to retired employees. The government has said that the increase in salary will put an additional financial burden of Rs 3622 crore on it. At the same time, the increase in pension will put an additional financial burden of Rs 2992 crore.