Additional Instalment of 3% DA for Central Govt Employees
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that this three percent increase will be on the existing rate of 28 percent of the basic pay or pension.
New Delhi: A Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved an additional instalment of three percent dearness allowance for the central government employees and dearness relief to the pensioners with effect from July 1, 2021.
Briefing the media after the Cabinet meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said that this three percent increase will be on the existing rate of 28 percent of the basic pay or pension.
This will benefit about 47.14 lakh central government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners, Thakur added.
He said that this will cost Rs 9,488.70 cr to the exchequer on account of both dearness allowance and dearness relief.
He informed that today (Thursday) India achieved a remarkable feat by administering 100 crore Covid 19 vaccines and appreciated the efforts of all the frontline workers, healthcare workers and states and union territories for making this possible.
