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Diwali bonanza for government employees, pensioners; 2% increase in dearness allowance on cards NEW DELHI: In what could bring cheers to 50 lakh central employees and 58 lakh pensioners ahead of Diwali, the Centre is all set to announce 2 per cent dearness allowance to be effective from July 1, 2016.  "The proposal to provide 2 per cent dearness allowance and dearness relief to central government employees and pensioners respectively, is listed on agenda of the Union Cabinet meeting scheduled for tomorrow," a source said.  Dearness allowance and dearness relief is provided to employees and pensioners to neutralise the impact of price rise on their earnings.  Earlier this year the government hiked Dearness Allowance by 6 per cent to 125 per cent of the basic pay. The DA was later merged into the basic pay following implementation of 7th Pay Commission award.  The central government employee unions want that the DA should be increased by 3 per cen...

Grant of Dearness Allowance with effect from 1.7.2016 Shiva Gopal Mishra Secretary Ph.: 23382286 National Council (Staff Side) Joint Consultancy Machinery for Central Government Employees 13-C, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi — 110001 E Mail : nc.jcm.np@gmail.com  No .NC-JCM-2016/Fin. (DA) October 18, 2016  The Secretary, Govt of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure< North Block, New Delhi — 110001 Subject: Grant of Dearness Allowance with effect from 1.7.2016 — Reg. Dear Sir We refer to our letter of even No. NC/JCM/2016 dated September 6, 2016 wherein we have requested for an amendment to the existing formula of DA computation, necessitated by the revision of Pay with effect from 01.01.2016. We hope that you must have caused the matter to be examined.  We are prepared to call on the officer concerned, if there is any ambiguity in our contention. Since the normal date for issuance of DA order was in September, we shall be gratef...

It seems that the DA from July 2016 in 7th Pay Commission is not yet finalized by Central Government. There is confusion persists on the rate of Dearness Allowance to be paid from 1st July 2016 in revised Pay . The AICPIN average for the year 2015 to be taken as Base Index for calculation of DA in 7th CPC as the DA has been neutralized to arrive the revised Pay. The actual AICPIN Average for 2015 is 261.33. As per this AICPIN average, the DA to be paid at the rate of 2% from July 2016 in 7th CPC . But the NCJCM has contended that it should be paid at the rate of 3%. [ Read NCJCM Staff Side Letter to Finance Ministry ] The NCJCM staff side said that as per the practice of fraction is being ignored, 0.75 is ignored from actual DA 125.75 as on 1st January 2016. Since the 125% DA was merged to revise the 7th CPC pay, Accordingly, the AICPIN average of 2015 has to be revised to 260.46 from 261.33 to arrive the exact rate of DA of 125% . It is obvious that the NCJCM Staff Side...

Dearness Allowance/ Dearness Relief from 01st July, 2016 on Basic Pay under 7th Pay Commission on percentage increase of 12 months Average of All India Consumer Price Index DA Formula & Compilation after 7th CPC DA / DR from 1 st January 2017 = 0 on  7 th CPC Basic Pay Compilation of DA / DR from 1st July, 2016 on 7th CPC Basic Pay Based on % age increase of 12 Months average of ALL INDIA COSUMER PRICE INDEX over - 261.33 for December, 2015. Jan,2016 Feb,2016 Mar,2016 Apr,2016 May,2016 Jun,2016 All India Price Index 269 267 268 271 275 277 Total of 12 months 3151 3165 3179 3192 3211 3227 Yearly average 262.58 263,75 264.92 266.00 267.58 268.92 % increase over 261.33 for DA 0.48 ...

DA with effect from 1st July 2016 As the 7th Pay commission recommendations will be implemented with effect from 1.1.2016, the AICPIN average of 2015 will be the Base Index for calculation of DA for 7th Pay Commission So formula for Calculation of DA in 7th Pay Commission is = (12 months Average of AICPIN -261.4) divided by 261.4 multiply by 100  = [(263+264+266+269+270+269+269+267+268+271+275+277)/12]-(261.4)X100/261.4 = =2.91% Since 7th Pay Commission (New Formula) Since 7th Pay Commission  (New Formula) Month All India Index % of Increase Jan-16 269 0.48 Feb-16 267 0.93 Mar-16 268 1.38 Apr-16 271 1.86 May-16 275 2.4 Jun-16 277 2.91 Source:-http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in [http://karnatakacoc.blogspot.in/2016/08/da-with-effect-from-1st-july-2016.html?m=1]

AICPIN for the Month of June, 2016 with 2 Points Increase No. 5/1/2016- CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU 'CLEREMONT', SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 29th July, 2016  Press Release  Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — June, 2016 The All-India CPI-IW for June, 2016 increased by 2 points and pegged at 277 (two hundred and seventy seven). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 0.73 per cent between May, 2016 and June, 2016 when compared with the increase of (+) 1.16 per cent between the same two months a year ago. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 2.51 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Besan, Black Gram, Gram Dal, Groundnut Oil, Eggs (Hen), Goat meat, Poultry (Chicken), Milk, Garlic, Onion, Tomato, Potato Brinjal, Cabbage, other seasonal Vegetables, Tea Leaf, Doctors' Fee, Petrol, Repair Charges, etc...

Expected DA from July, 2016: AICPIN for the Month of May, 2016 released  No. 5/1/2016- CPI  GOVERNMENT OF INDIA  MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT  LABOUR BUREAU  `CLEREMONT', SHIMLA-171004  DATED: 30th June, 2016  Press Release  Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — May, 2016  The All-India CPI-IW for May, 2016 increased by 4 points and pegged at 275 (two hundred and seventy five). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 1.48 per cent between April, 2016 and May, 2016 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.78 per cent between the same two months a year ago.  The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 3.69 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Rice, Wheat, Arhar Dal, Gram Dal, Masur Dal, Urd Dal, Groundnut Oil, Eggs (I len), Fish Fresh, Milk, Chillies Green, Brinjal, Cabbage, French Bean, Potato, Tomato, Sugar, P...

Expected DA from July, 2016- AICPIN for the Month of April, 2016 No. 5/112016- CPI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT LABOUR BUREAU  `CLEREMONT', SHIMLA-171004 DATED: 31st May, 2016  Press Release  Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) — April, 2016  The All-India CPI-IW for April, 2016 increased by 3 points and pegged at 271 (two hundred and seventy one). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by (+) 1.12 per cent between March, 2016 and April, 2016 when compared with the increase of (+) 0.79 per cent between the same two months a year ago. The maximum upward pressure to the change in current index came from Food group contributing (+) 2.65 percentage points to the total change. At item level, Wheat, Arhar Dal, Gram Dal, Masur Dal, Urd Dal, Groundnut Oil, Poultry (Chicken), Milk, Chillies Dry, Chillies Green, Potato, Tomato, Seasonal Vegetables and Fruits. Tea (Readymade), Sugar, Doctors' Fee, Petrol, T...