The Union Cabinet on Friday increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief by 4 per cent to 42 per cent to benefit 47.58 lakh central government employees and 69.76 lakh pensioners. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief will be Rs 12,815.60 crore per annum, I&B Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters after the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
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The increase in DA to 90 per cent would result in additional annual expenditure of Rs 10,879 crore.
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The hike will benefit about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.
Thakur's tenure as chief minister is best remembered for implementation of the recommendations of the Mungeri Lal Commission, whereby quotas for backward classes were introduced in the state in 1978. This panel was the forerunner of the Mandal Commission. Both Mungeri Lal and B P Mandal were from Bihar, which has a long history of socialist struggles.
DA was last revised in September last year from 100 per cent of basic pay to 107 per cent.
The government on Wednesday announced that dearness allowance for govt employees has been hiked to 6 per cent.
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The Centre is likely to announce next month a hike in dearness allowance by 10 per cent to 100 per cent, benefiting about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners.
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The hike would be effective from January 1, 2013 and the employees and pensioners will be entitled to arrears.
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