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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


Dearness Allowance @ 14% of Basic Pay w.e.f. May, 2024

Finance,

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 @ 4% of Basic Pay w.e.f. January, 2024

Finance, , ,

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

Higher Education, , ,

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

Finance, , ,

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

Higher Education, ,

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

Finance, ,

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

Finance, ,

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

Higher Education, ,

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

School Education,

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

School Education,

Grant of Dearness Allowance to the Teaching and Non-teaching employees of Government Aided/ Sponsored Educational Institutions with effect from 1st January, 2019.
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