News Edition 24 Desk: It’s heartening news for the Central Government employees. On the evening of May 31, the Central Government is likely to announce inflation allowance i.e. DA score. It’s also known as AICPI index. Based on this score, it will be decided that in July, the Dearness Allowance (DA) is going to be hiked . At present, inflation allowance is 42 per cent, which is applicable from January. Since then, inflation allowance has increased by two and a half percent.
Last time the DA hike was announced in March..
It may be mentioned that that in March 2023, the central government had announced to increase the dearness allowance. Then the government had increased DA by 4 percent. This increase was implemented from January 2023. Now the announcement of increase in dearness allowance is to be made for July, which will be considered applicable from April 1. At present, the government is going to release the numbers of AICPI index on May 31, so that the employees will get an idea of how much the dearness allowance is going to increase.
Now April-May-June figures will also be added..
According to the current figures of the government, the total DA score has reached 44.46%. Now the numbers of April, May and June are also to be added to it. There is a possibility that this time also there may be an increase of 4 percent in the dearness allowance. In such a situation, this allowance will reach a high figure. Due to this, there will also be a big jump in the salary of central government employees.
People are worried due to rising inflation…
It may be mentioned that the inflation rate in the country has been reported very high. The price of petroleum has been at Rs 100 per liter for the last 2 years. At the same time, the prices of food items have also troubled the people. Compared to this inflation, people’s income has not increased that much. Due to this, the economic condition of the people is deteriorating. In such a situation, central government employees can feel some relief due to the increase in dearness allowance.