Subject: 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.
- 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. 01.01.2021
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.
- DA to Employees of DA getting Primary School, 2018
Dearness Allowance to the whole time approved and regular teaching and non-teaching employees of DA getting schools, Anglo Indian Schools and Pandits of Sanskrit Tols wef 01.01.2018.
- DA to Employees (Pre-Revised Scale) from January, 2019
Dearness Allowance to State Govt Employees, Teachers and Non-Teaching Employees, Employees of Statutory Bodies, Local Bodies etc. (pre-revised scale) w.e.f. 01.01.2019.
- Dearness Allowance @125% w.e.f. January, 2019
Grant of Dearness Allowance to State Govt Employees, Employees of Statutory Bodies, Urban & Local Bodies, Teaching & Non-Teaching Employees of Govt Aided Educational Institutions w.e.f. 01.01.2019.
- Additional 18% Dearness Allowance w.e.f. January, 2019
West Bengal Government announced an additional 18% Dearness Allowance for West Bengal Government Employees, effective from January, 2019. The 10% Interim Relief will be merged with D.A.