DA Hike 2025: Dearness Allowance of central employees will increase by this much, figures revealed..

DA Hike Update: Before the implementation of the Eighth Pay Commission, the government will increase the dearness allowance twice. Now around Holi (Holi 2025), the government will make an announcement regarding dearness allowance and this dearness allowance will be considered to have come into effect from January 1, 2025.

This year Holi is on March 14, and it is being said that this time there may be a big increase in the dearness allowance of central employees. With the increase in dearness allowance (DA hike news), there will be a bumper jump in the salary of the employees. Let us know through the news how much the dearness allowance is going to increase this time.

There will be this much increase in salary-

The announcement of the dearness allowance (Dearness Allowances News Updates) can be made in March 2025. According to sources, this time the dearness allowance can increase by 3 to 4 percent. If the dearness allowance increases by this much, then the salary of the employees (latest update for employees) can increase from Rs 540 to Rs 720 per month.

Know how much will be the dearness allowance-

If the basic salary of a government employee is currently Rs 18,000, then he is currently getting Rs 9,000 under 50 percent DA (DA hike in January). If there is a 3 percent increase in DA, then the new dearness allowance will be Rs 9,540, that is, now the employee will get Rs 540 more. At the same time, if there is a 4 percent increase in DA, then the new dearness allowance will be Rs 9,720, due to which these employees will now get Rs 720 more.

Pensioners will also get bumper benefits-

Along with government employees (DA hike for central govt. employees), pensioners will also benefit from this increase. Dearness Allowance is given to government employees. At the same time, pensioners get Dearness Relief (DR). This time, more than 1 crore government employees and pensioners will get the benefit of this increase in dearness allowance.

Last year, dearness allowance was increased so much-

In March 2024, the government increased DA by 4 percent (Increase in DA/DR) to 50 percent. After this, the government increased the dearness allowance in October 2024 (DA hike in October), in which a DA of 3 percent was increased for employees (update for employees). Due to this, it increased from 50 percent to 53 percent.

This is how dearness allowance is decided-

Dearness allowance is calculated based on the All India Consumer Price Index. The government announces dearness allowance after looking at many things. Let us tell you that the government fixes the rates of DA and DR by looking at the average AICPI data (AICPI new data) of the last 12 months. According to the information, the 8th Pay Commission is likely to be implemented in 2026. However, the government has not yet officially announced the DA hike.

AICPI figures for central employees-

DA (percentage) = (Average of AICPI index of last 12 months - 115.76) / 115.76) × 100
AICPI figures for public sector employees-
DA (percentage) = (Average of AICPI index of last 3 months - 126.33) / 126.33) × 100

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