You are here: Home / DA Rates Table – Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief Rates Table

Expected DA from July 2020 Calculator with AICPIN

7th Pay Commission Pay Scale Calculator

 CG Offices Holiday List 2020 - PDF Download

 Expected DA from January 2020 Calculator

Latest 7th Pay Commission News Updates

7th CPC Pay Fixation on Promotion MACP Calculator

7th Pay Commission Salary Calculator Updated Oct 2019

Leave Encashment Calculator

Commutation of Pension Calculator

Expected Bank DA Calculator August 2020

Retirement Date Calculator

Pay Calculator for Teachers

Central Govt First Pay (Salary) Calculator

 Tredning News

HOLIDAY LIST FOR CG EMPLOYEES DURING 2021

EXPECTED DA FROM JULY 2020 – 4TH STAGE CALCULATION COMPLETED!

DOPT ORDERS ON LOCKDOWN FOR CG EMPLOYEES

ALL KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA OFFICIAL WEBSITE LINK

DA Rates Table – Dearness Allowance and

Dearness Relief Rates Table
DA RATES TABLE (D.A. RATES TABLE)
Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) – DA/DR Rates Table from 1996, 2006 and
2016.
 5th CPC, 6th CPC and 7th CPC DA RATES TABLE FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS

What is DA and DR?

Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) both are the same. Dearness allowance and
Dearness relief are being granted to existing employees and retired employees respectively.
Dearness allowance is calculated on the basis of current basic pay of Government employees and
the dearness relief is calculated on the basis of basic pension of Government pensioners. DA/DR
is normally declared twice a year for compensating the price hike of essential commodities.
DA/DR is indicating a particular percentage fixed by the Central Government. The calculation of
DA/DR is based on CPI (IW) as per the recommendations of the 7th pay commission.

DA Rate Table: Dearness Allowance Rates from 2016 to till date as per 7th pay commission for
Central Govt employees.

How to calculate DA?

Dearness allowance (DA) is calculated on the percentage fixed by the Central Government from
time to time as per the calculation method prescribed by the pay commission. The percentage
of basic pay is Dearness Allowance.

DA Calculation Formula
The formula for calculating DA is given below and the method of calculation is common for 5th
CPC DA, 6th CPC DA and 7th CPC DA. The linking factor is given below for calculating the
percentage of DA. The linking factor is nothing but the average of 12 months of All India
Consumer Price Index number from Jan 2015 to Dec 2015.

Percentage of Dearness Allowance = (Average of AICPIN for the past 12 months – Fitment

Linking Factor) x 100 / Fitment Linking Factor

 5th CPC Fitment Linking Factor for DA Calculation = 306.33

 6th CPC Fitment Linking Factor for DA Calculation = 115.76
 7th CPC Fitment Linking Factor for DA Calculation = 261.4

7th Pay Commission DA Percentage = (Average of AICPI for the past 12 months – 261.4) x
100 / 261.4

Check Current DA%: Expected DA from January 2020 Calculator

 Current Rate of Dearness Allowance is 17% (Updated on 14.10.2019)

 Current Rate of Dearness Relief is 17% (Updated on 21.10.2019)

DA and DR Rates from 1996 to 2005 and 2006 to 2015 and 2016 to till date table

DA Rates Freeze Table

The Government of India has decided recently to stop the additional Dearness allowance and
Dearness relief to CG employees and pensioners from January 2020 to June 2021 (18 months)
due to the Coronavirus pandemic crisis – Click to view the detailed order issued by Finance
Ministry

From To Status Additional DA Total DA and DR

1.1.2020 30.6.2020  Freeze 4% 21%

1.7.2020 31.12.2020  Freeze A 21% + A

1.1.2021 30.6.2021  Freeze B 21% + A + B

1.7.2021 31.12.2021 To be Paid C 21% + A + B + C

DA/DR Orders for 5th, 6th and 7th CPC

Central Government is releasing orders for additional Dearness relief to pensioners retired in 5th
CPC, 6th CPC and 7th CPC separately. The calculation of Dearness relief for 5th CPC, 6th CPC
and 7th CPC Pensioners are slightly different on each CPC. Orders issued separately for 5th, 6th
and 7th CPC Pensioners from DoPPW.

Check now: 7th Pay Commission Latest News Today Oct 2019

The table shows the percentage of DA and DR From 1996 for 5th CPC Pensioners, From 2006
for 6th CPC Pensioners and From 2016 for 7th CPC Pensioners in separate columns (DA Rates
from Jan 2016 in 7th pay commission till date).

5th, 6th, 7th Pay DA Chart

5 Pay Commission DA Rate
th 
6 Pay Commission DA Rate
th 
7  Pay Commission DA Rate
th

Chart Chart Chart

Dearness Dearness Dearness

Month / Year Month / Year Month / Year
Allowance % Allowance % Allowance %

January 1996 0 January 2006 0 January 2016 0

July 1996 4% July 2006 2% July 2016 2%

January 1997 8% January 2007 6% January 2017 4%

July 1997 13% July 2007 9% July 2017 5%

January 1998 16% January 2008 12% January 2018 7%

July 1998 22% July 2008 16% July 2018 9%

January 1999 32% January 2009 22% January 2019 12%

July 1999 37% July 2009 27% July 2019 17%

January 2000 38% January 2010 35% January 2020 21% (Freeze)

July 2000 41% July 2010 45% July 2020 (Freeze)

January 2001 43% January 2011 51% January 2021 (Freeze)

July 2001 45% July 2011 58%    

January 2002 49% January 2012 65%    

July 2002 52% July 2012 72%    

January 2003 55% January 2013 80%    

July 2003 59% July 2013 90%    

January 2004 61% January 2014 100%    

April 2004 11% July 2014 107%    

July 2004 14% January 2015 113%    

January 2005 17% July 2015 119%    

July 2005 21% January 2016 125%    

January 2006 24% July 2016 132%    

July 2006 29% January 2017 136%    

January 2007 35% July 2017 139%    

July 2007 41% January 2018 142%    

January 2008 47% July 2018 148%    

July 2008 57% January 2019 154%    

January 2009 64% July 2019 164%    

July 2009 73% January 2020 (Freeze)    

January 2010 87% July 2020 (Freeze)    

July 2010 103% January 2021 (Freeze)    

January 2011 115%        

July 2011 127%        

January 2012 139%        

July 2012 151%        

January 2013 166%        

July 2013 183%        

January 2014 195%        

July 2014 212%        

January 2015 223%        

July 2015 234%        

January 2016 245%        

July 2016 255%        

January 2017 264%        

July 2017 268%        

January 2018 274%        

July 2018 284%        

January 2019 295%        

July 2019 312%        

January 2020 (Freeze)        

July 2020 (Freeze)        

January 2021 (Freeze)