Dearness Allowance
Dearness Allowance is granted as a percentage of the basic salary to mitigate the impact of inflation on the employees. Consumer Price Index is a determining factor to fix the rate of Dearness Allowance.
Rates of Dearness Allowance
DA to Employees of Anglo Indian Schools, Sanskrit Tols etc. 2024
Grant of revised rate of Dearness Allowance Teaching and Non-teaching employees of Anglo Indian Schools, DA getting schools (Primary & Secondary) and Non-Govt. Sanskrit Tols in West Bengal with effect from 01.01.2024.Dearness Allowance @ 14% of Basic Pay w.e.f. April, 2024
Governor has been pleased to decide that enhancement of rate of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief in respect of the employees and Pensioners/ Family Pensioners shall be effective from 01/04/2024 instead of 01/05/2024.D.A. to Employees of Higher Educational Institutes wef May, 2024
Grant of Dearness Allowance (DA) to the regular Teaching and Non-teaching employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for the Pensioners of the State-aided/ Govt.-aided Educational Institutions, employees of statutory bodies under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education w.e.f. 01.05.2024.Dearness Allowance @ 14% of Basic Pay w.e.f. May, 2024
Grant of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees and the employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. and also Dearness Relief to the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners.Dearness Allowance/ Relief @ 10% of Basic Pay w.e.f. January, 2024
Grant of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees and the employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. and also Dearness Relief to the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners.Grant of Dearness Allowance to Employees of Colleges wef March, 2023
Grant of Dearness Allowance to the employees of State-aided Non-Government Colleges and also Dearness Relief to the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners of State-aided Non-Government Colleges of West Bengal with effect from 01.03.2023.Dearness Allowance/ Relief @ 6% of Basic Pay w.e.f. March, 2023
Governor has been pleased to decide that the State Government employees shall draw Dearness Allowance @ 6% of basic pay w.e.f. 01/03/2023.Grant of Dearness Allowance to Employees of Colleges wef Jan, 2021
Grant of Dearness Allowance to the employees of Non-Govt. Educational Institutions and other Govt. Aided/ Sponsored Organizations with effect from 1st January 2021.Rate of Dearness Allowances/ Relief from January, 2021
State Government Employees drawing pay more than Rs. 2,01,000/- only will also get Dearness Allowance @ 3% of revised basic pay and the pensioners still drawing pre-revised pension will get Dearness Relief @ 133% with effect from 01.01.2021.Dearness Allowance @ 3% of Basic Pay w.e.f. January, 2021
The whole time State Government employees drawing basic pay upto Rs. 2,01,000/-shall draw Dearness Allowance @ 3% of basic pay w.e.f. 01.01.2021. The calculation of Dearness Allowances shall be made taking into account the revised basic pay and NPA.Enhancement of DA/ DR in Universities w.e.f. Jan, 2019
Matter of enhancement of Dearness Allowance (DA) for the Teachers, Non-Teaching Employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for Pensioners of the State-aided Universities w.e.f. 01/01/2019.DA to Teaching & Non-Teaching Staffs (Pre-Revised Scale), 2019
Grant of Dearness Allowance to the Teaching and Non-teaching employees of Government Aided/ Sponsored Educational Institutions who are in the prerevised scale of pay w.e.f. 01.01.2019.Dearness Allowance to Teaching and Non-Teaching Staffs, 2019
Grant of Dearness Allowance to the Teaching and Non-teaching employees of Government Aided/ Sponsored Educational Institutions with effect from 1st January, 2019.DA to Employees of DA getting Secondary School, 2018
Dearness Allowance to the whole time approved and regular teaching and non-teaching employees of DA getting schools and DA getting Anglo Indian Schools w.e.f. 01.01.2018.FinanceHealthTransportHigher EducationHigher Secondary EducationMadrasah EducationPublic WorksSchool EducationBackward Classes WelfareLabourLand ReformsPAROthers