DA from January 2013 – Cabinet Cleared hike in DA of 8%

DA from January 2013 – Cabinet Cleared hike in DA of 8% to Central Government Employees and Pensioners

As we expected Government has cleared the additional Dearness Allowance of 8% with effect from 1st January 2013 for Central Government employees, Central Pensioners and family Pensioners.  This decision was taken by Cabinet on the basis of All India Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers) for the period from January 2012 to December 2012.

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How to calculate DA from AICPI (IW)?

To calculate Dearness Allowance we require AICPI (IW) for previous 12 months.

All India consumer price index AICPI-IW for the period from January 2012 to December 2012

Average of AICPI (IW) for the period from January 2012 to December 2012:

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You can also estimate DA using GConnect DA Calculator (Click here to go to GConnect DA Calculating Tool)

This increase in DA would benefit around 50  lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners. It is also estimated that the the combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be of the order of Rs.8629.20 crore per annum and Rs. 10067.36 crore in the financial year 2013-14 (that is for a period of 14 months from January, 2013 to February, 2014).

Source : Press Information Bureau