Cabinet approves 2% DA increase for government employees and pensioners, know how much the next salary will increase

Dearness Allowance Increase News: There is news of big relief for about 1.19 crore central employees and pensioners of the country. On Saturday, April 18, the Central Government Cabinet approved a 2% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR). After this decision, dearness allowance has increased from 58% to 60%, which will be applicable on the basic salary of the employees. Pensioners will also get the benefit of dearness relief at the same rate.

The government has considered this increase effective from January 1, 2026. This means that along with the salary/pension of April, employees and pensioners will also be given arrears for the three months of January, February and March. This decision was awaited for a long time, hence this increase is considered to be a financial relief for lakhs of families.

There was a delay in the announcement

More than 49 lakh central employees and more than 68 lakh pensioners of the country were waiting for the increase in Dearness Allowance (DA-DR Hike) for a long time. This is considered to be the last DA hike for the financial year 2025-26, due to which employees and pensioners were confused about the delay in its announcement.

Various employee organizations had expressed their displeasure against this delay and some had even written letters to the government demanding an early decision. Not only this, on Thursday, employees of many departments demonstrated during the lunch break and raised their voice. Now after the Modi Cabinet approved 2% increase in DA, there is an atmosphere of relief and happiness among the employees and pensioners.

Government took many big decisions

The Union Cabinet has approved many important decisions. The government has given the green signal to the formation of the Sovereign Maritime Fund, for which a corpus of Rs 13,000 crore has been earmarked. The objective of this fund is to provide permanent and affordable insurance cover to Indian ships, so as to strengthen the maritime sector.

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Along with this, the government has decided to extend the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana till 2028. An additional allocation of Rs 3,000 crore has also been made for this scheme, which will help in further improving road connectivity in rural areas.