The Union Cabinet may approve a 2% DA hike this week, effective from January 2025. This would be the lowest DA increase in seven years. The 8th Pay Commission will take effect in 2026, merging DA with ...

This week, the Union Cabinet may take a final call on the Dearness Allowance (DA) hike this week.  If approved, the new DA will come into effect retrospectively from January 2025, which means the ...

The central government in a cabinet meeting on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) is likely to discuss a hike in dearness allowance ...

Once announced, the DA hike will benefit over 12 million central government employees and retirees under the 7th Pay ...

The revision in DA and DR is likely to be on the Cabinet agenda as one of the two biannual hikes in the allowances is ...

South Africa faces a potential budget crisis as the Democratic Alliance threatens to block the national budget if the ANC ...

If the government goes ahead with the hike, the revised DA and DR rates will be applicable from January 2025. It has been a ...

With the commission’s recommendations expected by the end of the current financial year, the DA structure could undergo ...

Cabinet members held the first special meeting to try to find a consensus on contentious proposals contained in the budget, ...