DA / DR

         10 POINTS HIGHLIGHTS       

1. Dearness Allowance (DA) is a cost-of-living adjustment, an increase made to the basic pay of government officials and public sector workers’ employees. 

2. Dearness Allowance is calculated as a percentage of an Indian citizen's basic salary to mitigate the impact of inflation on people. 

3. Government hikes DA twice a year. 

4. Dearness Allowance was freezed from 01.01.2020 to 30.06.2021 by Government of India as a austerity measures during Covid-19

5. Formula for calculating DA is given below : 

(Average of AICPIN for the past 12 months – Fitment Linking Factor) x 100

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Fitment Linking Factor 

Example : 

Avg AICPIN of past 12 months =

(301+301+301+302+302+301+307+307+309+312+314+316) /12 = 306.08 

Then, DA = (Avg. AICPI - 261.4) *100 / 261.4  = 17% 

6. But Consumer Price Index with base 2016=100,  for the month of September 2020 is 118.1 can be converted to CPI with base 2001=100 as 118.1 X 2..88 = 340.13. 

7. Like wise, consumer price index for the subsequent months are also to be calculated.

REVISION OF DEARNESS ALLOWANCE

DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (As per Pay 7th Pay Commission)
Effective Dates	Rate of DA	Govt. of India	Govt. of Odisha (FDOM)
01.01.2026	60%	1/1(i)/2026-E.II(B) Dt.22.04.2026	12890 Dt.18.05.2026
01.07.2025	58%	1/4(i)/2025-E.II(B) Dt.06.10.2025	29105 Dt.16.10.2025
01.01.2025	55%	1/1(1)/2025-E.II(B) Dt.02.04.2025	11721 Dt.11.04.2025
01.07.2024	53%	1/5/2024-E.II(B) Dt.21.10.2024	29310 Dt.22.10.2024
01.01.2024	50%	1/1/2024-E-II(B) Dt.12.03.2024	6619 Dt.14.03.2024
01.07.2023	46%	1/4/2023-E-II(B) Dt.20.10.2023	29447 Dt.20.10.2023
01.01.2023	42%	1/1/2023-E-II(B) Dt.03.04.2023	17237 Dt.13.06.2023
01.07.2022	38%	1/3/2022-E-II(B) Dt.03.10.2022	33551 Dt.30.12.2022
01.01.2022	34%	1/2/2022-E-II(B) Dt.31.03.2022	23377 Dt.19.09.2022
01.07.2021	31%	1/4/2021-E-II(B) Dt.25.10.2021	37 Dt.03.01.2022
01.07.2021	28%	1/1/2020-E-II(B) Dt.20.07.2021	28337 Dt.08.10.2021
01.01.2021	*17% (28%)	Freezing of Dearness Allowance from 01.01.2020 to 30.06.2021 01/01/2020-E-II(B) Dt.23.04.2020	Freezing of Dearness Allowance from 01.01.2020 to 30.06.2021
01.07.2020	*17% (24%)
01.01.2020	*17% (21%)
01.01.2020	17%		5436 Dt.14.02.2020 (Modified Later)
01.07.2019	17%	1/3/2019-E.II(B) Dt.14.10.2019	9476 Dt.17.03.2020
01.01.2019	12%	1/1/2019-E.II(B) Dt. 27.02.2019	7332 Dt.28.02.2019
01.07.2018	9%	1/2/2018-E.II(B) Dt.07.09.2018	33104 Dt.15.10.2018
01.01.2018	7%	1/1/2018-E.II(B) Dt.15.03.2018	14109 Dt.24.04.2018
01.07.2017	5%	1/9/2017-E.II(B) Dt.20.09.2017	34556 Dt.24.11.2017
01.01.2017	4%	1/3/2017-E.II(B) Dt.30.03.2017
01.07.2016	2%	1/2/2016-E.II(B) Dt.04.11.2016
01.01.2016	0%

DEARNESS ALLOWANCE (As per Pay 6th Pay Commission)
Effective Dates	Rate of DA	Govt. of India	Govt. of Odisha
01.07.2016	132%		34154 Dt.19.12.2016
01.01.2016	125%		13362 Dt.30.04.2016
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