Central Government employees to get 10% DA hike from July this year

Central Government employees to get 10% DA hike from July this year

The Union Cabinet today decided to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.7.2010 representing an increase of 10% over the existing rate of 35% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise.

The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.

The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief will be of the order of Rs. 9303.2 crore per annum and Rs. 6202.1 crore in the financial year 2010-2011 (for a period of 8 months from July,2010 to February, 2011).

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Dearness Allowance announcement likely tomorrow after the cabinet meeting...

Dearness Allowance announcement likely tomorrow after the cabinet meeting...



The much awaited official announcement of the additional Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees and Pensioners is expected to be announced tomorrow after the cabinet meeting.



Sources said that cabinet to be announced tomorrow, the additional enhanced Dearness Allowance effective from July, 2010 is 10% and the total of 45%.

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Punjab warns protesting teachers

Punjab warns protesting teachers

The Punjab government Monday appealed to the protesting teachers of a training programme to resume their duties and warned that those who do not immediately do so would be marked absent, an official said.

Declaring the ongoing week-long agitation of elementary teachers training (ETT) programme as 'illegal and irrational', the government spokesperson assailed the adamant attitude of the ETT teachers and their leaders.


The ETT teachers are seeking shifting their services from the panchayati raj institutions (PRIs) to the state's education department.


In the last one week, nearly 200 ETT teachers, including women, were arrested by the Punjab police for carrying out protests at various places.


The spokesman said that the demands were unjustified and their protests have affected the studies of thousands of students in rural areas.


'Any attempt to disturb the existing framework would not only be detrimental to the process of rural development but also against the basic spirit of the Constitution,' he added.


He disclosed that 13,034 ETT teachers working in 5,752 schools had already been granted all benefits at par with other government school teachers in terms of the payment of dearness allowance (DA), annual increment, opening of Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) account, clearance of probation periods and regular payment of salaries.

Source: IANS

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