7th Pay Commission Latest News: Double dose of DA hike and DR restoration for central govt employees, pensioners from January

Over 1 crore central government employees – 48 lakh workers and around 65 lakh pensioners – are set to get a double-dose of good news in the face of hike in dearness allownace and restoration of dearness relief.

According to media reports, the first is a 4 per cent hike in dearness allowance from this month which means that more salary will be credited to the accounts of central government employees.

The 4 per cent hike will increase the DA from the current 17 per cent to 21 per cent. However, an official announcement from the government about the date when the additional hike will be introduced is still awaited.

The Union Cabinet had, in March 2020, approved the release of additional instalment of DA to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from January 1, 2020.

On January 1, Union Minister Jitendra Singh had said that the change will bring a huge relief to the young Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel including Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Border Security Force (BSF), among others.

Source: [https://english.jagran.com/business/7th-pay-commission-latest-news-da-hike-for-central-govt-employees-dr-restoration-for-pensioners-from-this-month-10022254]