Gallery
Karnataka rain fury: Photos of flooded streets, uprooted trees
Cannes 2022: Deepika Padukone stuns at the French Riviera in Sabyasachi outfit
Ranbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt's Wedding Pics - Sealed With A Kiss
Oscars 2022: Every Academy Award Winner
Shane Warne (1969-2022): Australian cricket legend's life in pictures
Photos: What Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks like on the ground
Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022): A pictorial tribute to the 'Nightingale of India'
PM Modi unveils 216-feet tall Statue of Equality in Hyderabad (PHOTOS)
Wedding pics: Mouni Roy marries Suraj Nambiar in South Indian ceremony
73rd Republic Day Parade 2022 - In Pictures
The Indian junior men’s hockey team and Indian junior women’s hockey team embarked on
- First Serve, AITA Partner to empower athletes through Wheelchair Tennis Championship
- Bajrang Punia provisionally suspended by NADA, Paris berth at stake: Sources
- Laureus Award 2024 : Novak Djokovic, Aitana Bonmati win top honours at Laureus Sports Awards
- Asian Games medallist Jyothi Yarraji to train in Spain ahead of Paris Olympics
- Lione Messi said Retirement not on my mind
Cabinet approves increase in DA, DR to 28% Last Updated : 14 Jul 2021 06:26:53 PM IST 
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved increase in the Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners to 28 per cent, with effect from July 1 this year.
This represents a hike of 11 per cent over the existing rate of 17 per cent of the basic pay or pension.In view of the unprecedented situation which arose due to the Covid-19 pandemic, three additional instalments of DA to Central government employees and DR to pensioners, which were due from January 1 and July 1 last year and January 1 this year had been frozen."Now, the government has decided to increase the DA to Central government employees and DR to pensioners with effect from July 1 this year to 28 per cent representing an increase of 11 per cent over the existing rate of 17 per cent of the Basic Pay and Pension," a Cabinet statement said.The increase reflects the additional installments arising on January 1 and July 1 last year and January 1 this year, said the statement, adding the rate of DA or DR for the period January 1 last year to June 30 this year shall remain at 17 per cent.The decision was taken in the Cabinet Committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence earlier in the day.IANS New Delhi For Latest Updates Please-
Join us on
Follow us on
What binds the two most talked about nations - India and Pakistan together? What makes the
Actress Bipasha Basu on Monday shared the newborn picture of her baby girl Devi, portrayin
LG Electronics Inc said on Wednesday that it will introduce new C with its artificial inte
172.31.16.186
