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