7th Pay Commission Gazette Notification – Dearness Allowance Formula
“Recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission”
“Existing formula and methodology for calculating Dearness Allowance to continue (Para 8.17.37 of the Report)”
Decision of the Government
“Accepted. The reference base for calculation of Dearness Allowance after coming into force of the revised Pay structure shall undergo change accordingly and will be linked to the average index as on 01.01.2016.”
Refer Page N0 18 in 7th Pay Commission Gazette Notification
The orders on DA from 1st july,2016 are not clear. What is the rate of DA ? Is it 7% or 2% ? Nobody is able to say definitely. There is a lot of speculation about the exact meaning of average consumer price index wef 1.1.2016.