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- DA increase certain due to increase in AICPI-IW in May 2026.
- DA of central employees will increase by 3% to 63%.
- This increase will be effective from July 1, 2026.
- There will be an increase in the salary of Level-6 and Level-10 employees.
DA Hike in July 2026: All the central government employees are eagerly waiting for the increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) to be implemented in July 2026. The All India Consumer Price Index (AICPI-IW) recently released by the Labor Bureau for May 2026 has increased by 0.9 points to 150.8, whereas in April 2026 it was 149.9. This data plays an important role in deciding changes in DA for central government employees.
Due to increase in AICPI-IW, 3% increase in DA for central employees and pensioners, which will be implemented from July 1, 2026, is considered almost certain. After this increase, it is expected that the DA of the employees will increase from the current 60% to 63%.
What was the inflation rate?
The retail inflation rate for industrial workers has increased to 4.72 in May 2026, which is much higher than 2.93 in May last year. The inflation rate in March was 149.1, after which it is continuously increasing. In such a situation, the increase in the salary of the employees is considered certain. Currently, AICPI-IW data for June 2026 is awaited, which will be released at the end of July.
Even if the index remains stable in June, a 3% increase in DA is considered certain under the formula. Currently, based on the data available for 11 months from July 2025 to May 2026, the DA score has crossed 63%. Due to increase in AICPI-IW, the salary of level-6 employees will increase by about Rs 1062 and the salary of level-10 officers will increase by about Rs 1683.
What is AICPI-IW?
In simple language, AICPI-IW is a scale to measure inflation. This is such a government data, which tells how expensive food items and things used in daily life have become for the common working people of the country. These include everything from food items to clothes, electricity bills, medicines etc. Considering this figure as the basis, the government decides how much the salary of central employees should increase.
Let us tell you that the government revises the DA of central employees every six months (January and July) and for this the average of AICPI-IW figures of the last 6 months is calculated.
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