<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0"><channel><title>PAY COMMISSION</title><description>A blog of news about Pay Hike.</description><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</managingEditor><pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2026 14:30:33 +0530</pubDate><generator>Blogger http://www.blogger.com</generator><openSearch:totalResults xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">3422</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/">25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/</link><language>en-us</language><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>A blog of news about Pay Hike.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:category text="Government &amp; Organizations"/><itunes:owner><itunes:email>noreply@blogger.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><item><title>AICPIN of November 2023 and impact on January 2024 D.A for central employees</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/12/aicpin-of-november-2023-and-impact-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:25:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-7531371577212005741</guid><description>The All-India CPI-IW for November, 2023 increased by 0.7 points and stood at 139.1 (one hundred thirty nine point one). On 1-month percentage change, it increased by 0.51 per cent with respect to previous month whereas it remained stationary between corresponding months a year ago.The DA for Central Government Employees was earlier calculated based on the consumer price index with the base year </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Punjab and several other states increases DA</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/12/punjab-and-several-other-states.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 08:51:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-7666278651891498774</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Punjab Hikes DA by 4%Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced a 4 per cent hike in dearness allowance of government employees with effect from the ongoing month. After the hike, the DA will increase to 38 per cent, Punjab State Ministerial Services Union (PSMSU) President Amrik Singh said. A decision in this regard was taken following a meeting with the representatives of the</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Bank Bipartite : MOU signed with 17 % increase</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/12/bank-bipartite-mou-signed-with-17.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Fri, 8 Dec 2023 08:51:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-8500467737889318430</guid><description>IBA and Bank Unions agreed on 12th Bipartite agreement and signed MOU. As per the MOU signed, bank employees will be getting&amp;nbsp; 17% increase in salary."The final agreement is expected to be signed within two months, although the cut-off period is 180 days," said Rupam Roy, the General Secretary of All India Bank Officers’ Confederation (AIBOC).""The new pay scales will be constructed after </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>"No plan to form 8th pay commission but report on NPS soon " - Finance Secretary</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/12/no-plan-to-form-8th-pay-commission-but.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 2 Dec 2023 08:14:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-2349463974233205867</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;The government has no plans to set up the eighth Pay Commission for some 5.4 million central government employees and pensioners ahead of the national election next year, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan has said.&amp;nbsp;"There is nothing in the offing regarding setting up the 8th Pay Commission. It's not due at present," Mr Somanathan said on Thursday.In the past, in the run-up to elections, </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100) - October, 2023</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/consumer-price-index-for-industrial.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:21:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-8908326798232300787</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;The All-India CPI-IW for October,2023 increased by 0.9 points and stood at 138.4
(one hundred thirty eight point four). On l-month percentage change, it increased by 0.65
per cent with respect to previous month compared to increase of 0.91 per cent recorded
between corresponding months a year ago.</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>West Bengal CM terms DA as an "option"</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/west-bengal-cm-terms-da-as-option.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:21:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-9145787176223752934</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;"DA is not mandatory, it's just an option," she said, adding that her government has given the DA as per the pay commission's fresh directive, and for that purpose, it has spent over Rs 2 lakh and 52 thousand crore in the last two years.In the backdrop of the constant demand of state government employees to raise the Dearness Allowance (DA) and bring it at par with their central </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Salary hike, 5-day work week for PSB employees by mid-December</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/salary-hike-5-day-work-week-for-psb.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2023 20:59:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-2427674762328466546</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Employees at public sector banks (PSBs) may see a 15-20 per cent hike in salaries and implementation of a five-day work week by mid-December as the 12th bipartite settlement talks between bank unions and associations and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) have entered final stages, reported&amp;nbsp;the Financial Express (FE)&amp;nbsp;citing sources."This is the first time in the history of </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Bihar increases D.A. - at par with Central Govt.</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/bihar-increases-da-at-par-with-central.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 11:19:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-7186111331853821838</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;The Bihar government on Wednesday approved a 4 per cent increase in&amp;nbsp;dearness allowance (DA)&amp;nbsp;for state employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners. Chief minister&amp;nbsp;Nitish Kumar&amp;nbsp;made this decision during a cabinet meeting.As per news agency PTI, employees in the state, under the 7th Pay Commission, currently receive a 42 per cent DA, that has been increased to 46 per </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Whether D.A for Central employees will reach 50% on 1st January 2024 ?</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/whether-da-for-central-employees-will.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:11:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-5647022080070978650</guid><description>After the release of another installment of D.A. from 1st July 2023, speculation and calculation started for the possible increase from 1st January next year. This time it is of immense importance as if D.A. touches 50% mark, HRA of Govt. employees will increase by another 3% in addition.The All-India CPI-IW for September 2023 decreased by 1.7 points and stood at 137.5 (one hundred thirty-seven </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Bank Bipartite : IBA increases offer</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/bank-bipartite-iba-increases-offer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 12:10:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-9097677926202451239</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;As per update received from UFBU (unconfirmed), "Today (09/11/2023) there was daylong negotiations with IBA. IBA improved their offer to 16%&amp;nbsp; but this could not be agreed by us we requested IBA to improve their offer.We also discussed about implementation of 5 day banking and improvement in pension for past retirees. We have signed the minutes on option to resignees to join pension </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Assam, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Tamilnadu increases Dearness Allowance</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/assam-chhattisgarh-chandigarh-tamilnadu.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:51:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-1699735367041526711</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Wave of happiness among 5 lakh employees of AssamLike the Centre, the Himanta Biswa Sarma government of Assam also increased the dearness allowance by 4 percent. There are about 5 lakh government employees in Assam. Along with them, retired employees will also benefit. The total DA in Assam has now reached 46 percent. The Chief Minister posted on X (formerly Twitter) that as a Diwali gift, </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Delhi announces bonus for employees</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/delhi-announces-bonus-for-employees.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2023 09:06:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-927655161147189693</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;The government will incur an expenditure of ₹58 crore for granting the bonusChief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced a ₹7,000 bonus for Group B non-gazetted and Group C employees of the Delhi government for Deepavali and said it will benefit about 80,000 employees.This will double the joy in our employees’ homes during the festive season. As a government, we have always made </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Uttar Pradesh announces 4% D.A., Bonus</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/uttar-pradesh-announces-4-da-bonus.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Tue, 7 Nov 2023 09:01:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-7290317291589706795</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Lucknow, Nov 6 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday announced dearness allowance (DA) at the rate of 46 per cent of the basic salary to employees and 30 days' emoluments with a maximum limit of Rs 7,000 to all non-gazetted employees."Dearness allowance at the rate of 46 per cent of the basic salary will be provided to all the state employees, aided educational and </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Jharkhand announces D.A. at par with Central Govt. employees</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/jharkhand-announces-da-at-par-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 4 Nov 2023 11:23:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-8157567417166644686</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;In a pre-Diwali gesture, the Hemant Soren-led government in Jharkhand has bestowed a substantial gift upon its employees and pensioners. The government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) by 4 percent for state employees, effectively bringing it in line with the DA received by central government employees. This decision was made during a recent Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>AICPIN : September 2023</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/aicpin-september-2023.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:51:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-2894719912324341946</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;The All-India CPI-IW for September, 2023&amp;nbsp;decreased by 1.7 points and stood at 137.5 (one hundred thirty seven point five). On 1-month percentage change, it decreased by 1.22 per cent with respect to previous month compared to increase of 0.84 per cent recorded between corresponding months a year ago.</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Rajasthan increases D.A. for employees, pensioners</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/11/rajasthan-increases-da-for-employees.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:47:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-4989165308394791617</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;After the Central Government increased the dearness allowance of 49 lakh employees recently, the Rajasthan government has given great news to the employees. The Ashok Gehlot government of the state has increased DA by 4 percent. After this, the existing DA of 42 percent has increased to 46 percent. The special thing is that the Election Commission has also approved the proposal of 4% </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Karnataka to implement new pay scale in November, scrap NPS</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/karnataka-to-implement-new-pay-scale-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:06:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-4954881949886884041</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Karnataka employees can get a big gift in the month of November. Indications for this have started coming from the state government. Actually, the state government had constituted the panel to implement the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission in Karnataka. It is expected that the panel can submit its recommendations to the state government in the next month i.e. November. </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Banks offer 15% wage hike, 5-day work week</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/banks-offer-15-wage-hike-5-day-work-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2023 09:47:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-3660767167902830824</guid><description>State-run and old private generation banks are discussing an average 15% wage hike for employees, while also rolling out a five-day work week soon.On Thursday, Indian Banks' Association has proposed a 15% increase, but the unions are said to be demanding a higher increase, along with other changes. Separately, some of the banks, such as PNB, have started making higher provisions for the wage </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Haryana announced 4% D.A. for state employees wef 01.07.2023</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/haryana-announced-4-da-for-state.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2023 09:43:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-8693576390893841488</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Chief
Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said the state employees will get the
hiked DA from July 1, 2023, and nearly 3.5 lakh employees in Haryana
will benefit from the move.

Going
in line with the Central government, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar
Lal Khattar on Thursday announced a 4 per cent hike in the Dearness
Allowance (DA) for state government employees. The announcement from
the Haryana</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Dearness Relief for Central Pensioners wef 01.07.2023 : Order issued</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/dearness-relief-for-central-pensioners.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2023 09:35:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-4855636617907261528</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Click here to download DR Order</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Tamilnadu Govt Employees Get Salary Boost With 4% DA Hike</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/tamilnadu-govt-employees-get-salary.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Wed, 25 Oct 2023 18:15:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-5353932549429198931</guid><description>In a festive bonanza that will bring cheers for the state government employees, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday has increased the dearness allowance (DA) for its employees by 4 percent, raising it from the previous 42 percent to the new rate of 46 percent. This adjustment in the DA hike is effective from July 1, 2023.Despite the increase in expenditure of Rs 2,546 crore on the state </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Air Ticket for LTC : Latest DOPT instruction</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/air-ticket-for-ltc-latest-dopt.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:21:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-8344286405519874139</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;It was found difficult for the Govt. servants to retain screenshots showing minimum fare in the selected slot of journey for claiming reimbursement in LTC while performing journey by air.In order to overcome the problem, Govt. directed the authourized travel agents to  display the details of the
flight having the cheapest fare and the flight(s) having the fare 10% more than
the cheapest </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Central Govt. employees D.A. with effect from July 2023, order issued</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/central-govt-employees-da-with-effect.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:43:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-6337303495634136862</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Click here to download 4% D.A. order</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus for railway employees of 78 days' wage</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/cabinet-approves-productivity-linked.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:55:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-4675589979423297184</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;Click here for the orderThe Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days’ wages for the financial year 2022-23 to all eligible non-gazetted Railway employees namely Track maintainer, Loco Pilots, Train Managers (Guards), Station Masters, Supervisors, Technicians, Technician Helpers, Pointsman, Ministerial Staff</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Cabinet approves release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from 01.07.2023</title><link>http://paycommissionupdate.blogspot.com/2023/10/cabinet-approves-release-of-additional.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Shyamali Basu)</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:49:00 +0530</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2166768150897507516.post-4593935322460661577</guid><description>&amp;nbsp;The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approved to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2023 representing an increase of 4% over the existing rate of 42% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate against price rise. This increase is in accordance with </description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>