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AP govt clears 2 pending DA hikes
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The enhanced DA or DR will be paid in cash with the September 2026 salary and pension, payable in October. T
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government issued orders sanctioning two pending Dearness Allowance (DA) hikes for employees and corresponding Dearness Relief (DR) increases for pensioners and family pensioners, taking the rate under the Revised Pay Scales, 2022 from 37.31 per cent to 40.04 per cent from July 1, 2024, and to 41.86 per cent from January 1, 2025.
The enhanced DA or DR will be paid in cash with the September 2026 salary and pension, payable in October. The July 2024 revision carries a 2.73 per cent increase and the January 2025 revision another 1.82 per cent.
The orders cover state government employees and eligible staff of zilla parishads, mandal parishads, gram panchayats, municipalities, municipal corporations, agricultural market committees, zilla grandhalaya samsthas and work-charged establishments drawing regular RPS-2022 pay. Teaching and non-teaching staff of aided institutions, polytechnics and universities are also covered. For employees under UGC Pay Scales, 2006, DA rises from 239 per cent to 246 per cent from July 2024 and to 252 per cent from January 2025. Under UGC Pay Scales, 2016, it rises from 50 per cent to 53 per cent and subsequently to 55 per cent. The corresponding increases apply to eligible teaching staff of government and aided degree colleges, universities and government polytechnics.
The DR orders cover government pensioners and family pensioners under the Revised Pension Rules, 1951, AP Liberalized Pension Rules, 1961, Family Pension Rules, 1964 and Revised Pension Rules, 1980, besides eligible pensioners of municipalities, Panchayat Raj institutions and aided educational institutions, including specified family, compassionate, wound and extraordinary pensioners. UGC pensioners receive the corresponding 246 per cent/252 per cent and 53 per cent/55 per cent rates. Financial assistance grantees and others not entitled to DR are excluded.
For employees, July 2024 arrears cover 26 months up to August 2026.
Ten per cent will be paid in April 2027 and the remaining 90 per cent in three equal instalments in June, August and October 2027. OPS employees will generally receive the arrears through GPF; for CPS employees, 10 per cent will go to PRAN accounts with applicable government contribution and 90 per cent will be paid in cash. EPS-95 employees will be governed by applicable rules.
The January 2025 arrears cover 20 months. Ten per cent will be paid in January 2028 and the balance in March, May and July 2028.
Pensioners will receive their arrears on the same schedule.
Employees retiring between July 1, 2024 and April 30, 2027, and those retiring between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2027 for the respective revision, will receive arrears in cash. In case of death, eligible arrears will be payable to legal heirs.
