Centre likely to hike dearness allowance to 42%

central government is likely to increase dearness allowance (DA)

 For its over one crore employees and pensioners

The DA hike will be effective from January 1, 2023

The last revision in DA was done on September 28, 2022

The Dearness Allowance for employees and pensioners is worked out 

on the basis of the latest Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers

The DA is provided to employees and pensioners to compensate them for rising prices

The cost of living Also increases over a period of time and is reflected in the CPI-IW