DA Hike: Once again a big blow to government employees, dearness allowance increased by this much..

DA Hike Update: The central government approved the proposal to form the 8th Pay Commission in January 2025. But till now no official announcement has been made regarding its formation. Earlier it was expected that the government would decide the formation of the 8th Pay Commission in June 2025. But now the month of June is also about to end.

Central employees and pensioners have got a big shock in the meantime. A recent report has revealed that the increase in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief under the 7th Pay Commission may be less this time.

When will the increase in DA be announced -

The possible increase in Dearness Allowance (DA Hike Update) and DR may come into effect from July 1. It is also estimated that the next increase in DA and DR may be the last under the 7th Pay Commission. The government mostly announces the DA hike to be implemented from July before Diwali. DA has increased by 2 percent from January 1

In March this year, under the Seventh Pay Commission, dearness allowance and DR were increased by two percent. It came into effect from January 1, 2025. With this, the dearness allowance of the employees increased from 53 percent to 55 percent. Which is currently being received by the employees and pensioners.

Let us tell you that more than one crore central employees and pensioners are getting the benefit of an increase in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR). DA and DR are paid to accommodate the cost of living and to give relief from inflation to employees and pensioners.

This time DA will increase by this much -

This year there has been a decline in retail inflation in the country. It has come down to the lowest level in the last 6 years. It has seen a decrease of 2.82 percent. The main reason for this is the fall in the prices of food items. Earlier, if we look at the retail inflation figures, it was 2.57 percent in February 2019.

RBI has cut the repo rate by 0.50 percent more than expected in the Monetary Policy Committee meeting of June amid the softening of inflation. Now the repo rate is 5.50 percent. The repo rate is the rate at which RBI gives loans to banks.

8th Pay Commission will not be implemented in January 2026 -

It was expected that the government would fix the terms of reference of the 8th Pay Commission by April and appoint the chairman and members and direct the commission to start work. This is so that the panel can submit its report by mid-2026 and after that the process of revision of salary and pension of central employees can start.

The recommendations of the commission were likely to be implemented from January 2026. Now June is also about to end and till now no official information has come out regarding the 8th Pay Commission. In such a situation, there is no hope that the Eighth Pay Commission will be implemented in January 2026.

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