New Delhi: Today, Modi government can give Diwali gift to government employees and pensioners. The proposal to increase the dearness allowance of central employees by 4 percent can be approved in the Modi cabinet meeting.
Dearness allowance of central employees and pensioners can be increased from the current 42 percent to 46 percent. Along with this, Railways can also increase the dearness allowance of its employees.
In March this year, the Union Cabinet had increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief by 4 per cent to 42 per cent to benefit 47.58 lakh government employees and 69.76 lakh pensioners.
Dearness Allowance (DA) is a cost of living adjustment allowance provided by the government to public sector employees, while Dearness Relief (DR) is also similar to DA, which benefits central government pensioners.