DA payable to Central Government employees – PIB Fact Check Tweet

Grant of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.7.2022

An order circulating on #WhatsApp claims that the additional installment of DA will be effective from 01.07.2022

PIBFactCheck

This order is #Fake
Department of Expenditure,
@FinMinIndia
has not issued any such order

PIB Fact-Check: As of July 1, Dearness Allowance increased by 4%. The centre calls the widespread WhatsApp false message

The PIB Fact Check declared on Thursday that a WhatsApp message alleging that the increased Dearness Allowance instalment for Central Government employees will take effect on July 1 of this year is “false.”

The order that has been spreading false information on WhatsApp over the past few days is fake, according to a tweet from PIB Fact Check that also includes a copy of the order. It claims that the additional instalment of Dearness Allowance would begin to be paid on July 1, 2022.

The Ministry of Finance has not issued this Order

Grant of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees – Revised Rates effective from 1.7.2022

Dearness Allowance payable to Central Government employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 34% to 38% of the basic pay with effect from 1st July, 2022.

Cabinet approved 3% DA from Jan 2022 PDF

What was mentioned in the ‘fake’ DA order?

The “false” order, dated 20 September 2022, said that, “Starting on 1 July 2022, the Dearness Allowance provided to Central Government Employees shall be increased from the existing level of 34 to 38 percent of the basic pay.”

Social media is being used to spread a fake order that says the increased Dearness Allowance instalment for Central Government employees would begin on July 1 of this year.

Who is eligible for Dearness Allowance?

The Central government pays its employees a benefit known as a Dearness Allowance (DA) to make up for the loss in value of their monthly salaries and pension payments due to inflation. It is compensated in addition to the worker’s monthly base pay.

DA is updated twice a year, in January and July, and the revised allowance is announced in March and September of each year, accordingly.

DA is computed in accordance with the fact that the impact of inflation varies depending on the location of the government employee. As a result, depending on whether a person works in the urban, semi-urban, or rural sector, their DA fluctuates.

How is the DA hike will be calculated?

The 7th Pay Commission’s formula is used to determine how much DA/DR should be paid. The All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW), published by the Labour Bureau (Shimla), Ministry of Labour and Employment, currently regulates and calculates the DA on the rate of inflation.