The 8th Pay Commission is expected to revise central government salaries by merging DA with basic pay before applying a ...

The central government has approved a 2% hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its employees, raising it from 53% to 55% of their basic pay. The dearness relief for pensioners, or DR, will also be hiked ...

One of the major points of discussion for employees and pensioners has been about the possibility of the merger of dearness allowance (DA) with the basic pay. After the recent 2% DA hike ...

JCM, in its meeting with the DoPT secretary in February, demanded the merger of DA with basic pay before the 8th Pay Commission is implemented.