Centre to hike DA by 10%, to make it 100%

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Centre to hike DA by 10%, to make it 100%, dearness allowance, dearness allowance hike. The Central government is likely to announce next month a hike in dearness allowance (DA) by 10 per cent to 100 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.

New Delhi: The Central government is likely to announce next month a hike in dearness allowance (DA) by 10 per cent to 100 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.

It would be the second double digit DA hike in a row. The government had announced a hike of 10 per cent to 90 per cent in September last, effective from July 1, 2013. According to an official source, the preliminary assessment suggests that dearness allowance hike will not be less than 10 per cent and would be effective from January 1 this year.

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