J&K Govt announces DA hike for government employees and pensioners

The announcement comes in the wake of the Central Government’s decision to restore three additional DA, with an increase of 28% from the existing 17%.

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday announced that the Dearness Allowance (DA) of all government employees and pensioners has been increased. The revised salary will be effective from July 1, 2021. 

The hike comes in the wake of the Central Government’s announcement on July 14,  to increase the DA of central government employees from existing 17% to 28%. 

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J&K government is the latest government to announce the hike. Previously Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka state governments had announced DA Hike for its employees.

DA will be calculated on the basic pay of the employees. According to the 7th Commission, basic pay recommended for Central Government Employees at the entry-level is Rs 18,000. 

The Government had frozen the three additional installments of the DA, which were due from January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021, due to the COVID-19 impact on the economy. 

“In view of the unprecedented situation which arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic, three additional installments of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners, which were due from 01.01.2020, 01.07.2020 and 01.01.2021, had been frozen. Now, the Government has decided to increase the Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners with effect from 01.07.2021 to 28% representing an increase of 11% over the existing rate of 17% of the Basic Pay/Pension,” Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister, said in a statement.