Dearness Allowance Relief payable to pensioners..

 DEARNESS RELIEF PAYABLE TO PENSIONERS

For in-service employees Dearness Allowance is paid, where as for Pensioners Dearness Relief is paid.

 The D A payable to in-service employees is reviewed every Quarter, where as for Pensioners it is reviewed every Half Yearly viz. February depending on average CPI(IW) figures for Oct, Nov and Dec of the previous year and August depending on average CPI(IW) figures for April, May and June of that year. 

The labour bureau of Govt. of India declares the CPI(IW) figures for a month at the end of the next month. The Dearness Relief payable to Pensioners depends on the date of retirement.

 At present there are SEVEN groups of Pensioners. 

following chart shows how D R is calculated for these 7 groups. 

1 GROUP 1: 

up to 31-07-1992(Cl-3&4) / 31-03-1993(Cl-1&2) 

At CPI(IW) :600 points. Depends on Basic Pension before Commutation. D R rates /slab D R rates after DHC Judgement dtd.27-04-2017: Up to 1250 =0.67% Up to 1250 = 0.67% Next 750 =0.55% Next 750 = 0.55% Next 130 =0.33% Next 130 = 0.33% above 2130=0.17% Above 2130=0.23% D R payable from 01-02-2022 8236 – 600=7636/4 1909 slabs. 

2 GROUP 2: 

Retired between 01-08-1992(Cl-3&4)/01-04-1993 to 31-071997 At CPI(IW) :

 1148 points. On Basic Pension before Commutation. D R rates /slab: D R rates after DHC Judgement dtd.27-04-2017: Up to 2400 = 0.35% Up to 2400 = 0.35% Next 1450 = 0.29% Next 1450 = 0.29% Next 250 = 0.17% Above 3850 = 0.23% Above 4100 = 0.09% 8236-1148=6792/4 1772 slabs. 

3 GROUP 3: 

Retired between 01-08-1997 to 31-07-2002 At CPI(IW) : 1740 points. 

D R rate / slab : 0.23% of Basic Pension before Commutation. 

8236-1740=6496/4 1624 slabs.

 373.52%(+17.02%) 

4 GROUP 4 :

 Retired between 01-08-2002 to 31-07-2007 

At CPI (IW) : 2328 points. D R rate / slab : 0.18% of Basic Pension before Commutation. 8236-2328=5908/4 1477 slabs. 265.86%(+13.32%) 5 Group 5 : Retired between 01-08-2007 to 31-07-2012 At CPI(IW) : 2944 points. D R rate /slab : 0.15% of Basic Pension before Commutation. 8236-2944=5292/4 1323 slabs. 198.45%(+11.1%) 

6 GROUP 6 : 

Retired between 01-08-2012 to 31-07-2017 At CPI(IW) : 4708 points. D R rate / slab : 0.10% of Basic Pension before Commutation. 8236-4708=3528/4 882 slabs. 88.20%(+7.4%) 

7 GROUP 7 :

Retired between 01-08-2017 onwards At CPI(IW) : 6352 points. D R rate / slab :0.08% of Basic Pension before Commutation. 8236-6352=1884/4 471 slabs. 37.68%(+5.92%) 1)D R Increases by 74 Slabs for Pensioners. 2)The current DR% is also give. 3)DR% within brackets indicates increase in DR% for that Group. The above chart shows DR payable from FEB, 2022 TO JULY 2022. Compiled by C T JOSHI, NOIP(BMS