Will DA, HRA, TA and other allowances continue to rise till 8th
Pay Commission recommendations come into effect?
The last dearness allowance (DA) of the year has been announced,
and the DA now stands at 58% of basic salary, applicable from July
1, 2025. However, the government has also formed the 8th Pay
Commission and approved its Terms of Reference (ToR), providing the
commission an 18-month deadline to submit its recommendations about
revised pay structure and other compensation components.
Irrespective of the date of implementation of the 8th Pay
Commission implementation, central government employees will get
their arrears from January 1, 2026.
However, in such a scenario, the big question is whether
employees' DA and other key allowances such as house rent
allowance (HRA), transport allowance (TA) will keep increasing till
8th CPC recommendations are implemented or whether there will be no
hike in these allowances after December 31, 2025?
