7th Pay Commission: DA hike for Central Govt employees to be announced in next 10 days said sources

At a time when lakhs of Central government employees are waiting for an announcement on salary hike, an official at the Ministry of Finance on Thursday said the dearness allowance hike for government employees could be announced in next 10 days as the paper works are under processing at the moment.

The finance ministry official, on the condition of anonymity, told India.com that the central government employees could expect a 4 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance this time.

Moreover, Dearness Relief could also see a 4% hike for retired employees, sources said, adding that if the Dearness Allowance is hiked, it will be effective from January 1, 2023.

Earlier, media reports suggested that the Central government could make the DA hike announcement on March 8.

However, no such announcement has been made so far. The hike in DA and DR is going to benefit more than 50 lakh employees in the country.

Apart from the DA and DR hike, the Centre is also expected to revise the fitment factor this month. However, everything will be cleared when the Centre will make the announcement probably in a week time.

The minimum salary is expected to rise from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000 for central government employees if the fitment factor is hiked.

The common fitment factor now stands at 2.57 per cent. The government employees are demanding the Centre to raise the fitment factor to 3.68 per cent.