Central Govt Employees: Change in Monthly Gross Basic Salary, DA, DR, Latest Updates

“The fitment factor of 2.57 was uniformly applied to all categories of employees only for the purpose of fixation of pay in the revised pay structure based in the recommendations of the 7th Central pay Commission,” he further added in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. Earlier this month, the Union government has increased the Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief of central government employees and pensioners to 28 per cent from 17 per cent. The move comes at a time when retail inflation has remained over 6 per cent for the two straight months. The surge in allowance will help millions of beneficiaries to cope up with rising food and oil prices amid coronavirus pandemic. The revised DA will be come into effect from July, 2021.