Expected Dearness Allowance from July 2018
One of the important allowance for Central Government Employees is Dearness Allowance, always there are some expectations for Dearness Allowance percentage. Central Government will revise the DA twice in a year, on 1st January and 1st July. DA is a fully taxable allowance.
Central Government increased 2 per cent dearness allowance from the January 2018, so employees received 7 percent dearness allowance from the existing 5 percent.
Dearness allowance will be calculated from the AICPIN value, once the AICPI(IW) for a particular month is published by the Government,
DA / DR Rate as applicable after implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations from 1.1.2016 is shown in table below :-
| Date From which Payable | DA / DR Rates | DA Order Link | DR Order Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| DA Order July 2025 | 7th CPC - 58% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 257% | Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 474% | Order Link | ||
| DA Order Jan 2025 | 7th CPC - 55% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 252% | Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 466% | Order Link | ||
| DA Order July 2024 | 7th CPC - 53% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 246% | Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 455% | Order Link | ||
| DA Order Jan 2024 | 7th CPC - 50% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 239% | Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 443% | Order Link | ||
| DA Order July 2023 | 7th CPC - 46% | Order Link | Order Link |
| DA Order Jan 2023 | 7th CPC - 42% | Order Link | Order Link |
| DA Order July 2022 | 7th CPC - 38% | Order Link | Order Link |
| DA Order Jan 2022 | 7th CPC - 34% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 203% | Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 381% | Order Link | ||
| DA Order July 2021 | 7th CPC - 31% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 196% | Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 368% | Order Link | ||
| DA Order July 2021 | 7th CPC - 28% | Order Link | Click here |
| 6th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 189% | DA Order Link | ||
| 5th CPC Employees & Central Autonomous Bodies - 356% | DA Order Link | ||
| 1st July 2019 | 17% | Order Link 6th CPC DA Order Link 5th CPC DA Order Link | Click here |
| 1st January 2019 | 12% | Order Link 6th CPC DA Order Link 5th CPC DA Order Link | Order Link |
| 1st July 2018 | 9% | Order Link 6th CPC DA Order Link 5th CPC DA Order Link | Order Link |
| 1st January 2018 | 7% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 1st July 2017 | 5% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 1st January, 2017 | 4% | Order Link | Order Link |
| 1st July 2016 | 2% | Order Link | Order Link |
How to calculate Dearness Allowance
Formula to calculate Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees after 1.1.2016
DA % = (Average of AICPIN for the past 12 months – 261.4) * 100 / 261.4
Expected DA from July 2018
Already visitors started predicting the DA value and started to update there comments in the DA Calculation Sheet Comment Section.
Now time to find out the Dearness Allowance from July 2018, based on our calculation with the assumption value there are chances to get only 2% Dearness Allowance from July 2018. But chances are there to get 3 percent of DA as well, incase of AICPIN value increase more than 3 points in the coming months.
However this is only the prediction, we have to wait until end of July 2018 to find the exact value of the Dearness Allowance. In the meantime check the DA Calculator to find the value




