NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Monday approved a hike of
7% in dearness allowance (DA) for
central government
employees. This means, the DA will now be 72 per cent from
the current 65 per cent of basic pay.
This will benefit about 50 lakh employees and 30
lakh pensioners across India. Last time the government increased the DA was in
March 2011 which came into effect from January 1, 2012.
The current hike will be effective from July 1 this
