Payment of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees-Revised rate effective from 01.01.2015
Government of Jammu and Kashmir
Civil Secretariat, Finance Department
Subject:- Payment of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees-Revised rate effective from 01.01.2015.
Reference:– Cabinet Decision No 100/08/2015 dated 19.08.2015.
Government Order No.140 F of 2015
Dated 19-08-2015
In continuation to Government Order No.53-F of 2015 dated 06.04.2015, it is hereby ordered that the State Government employees including Work Charged and Whole time Contingent paid employees working in regular pay bands /scale shall be paid Dearness Allowance as under:-
Existing Rate of DA |
Revised Rate of DA |
Date from which applicable |
107% |
113% |
01.01.2015 |
(i) The arrears on account of additional installment of Dearness Allowance @6% from January, 2015 to July, 2015 shall be credited to individual G.P Fund accounts of State Government employees in the month of August, 2015 and shall form part of monthly salary from there onwards.
(ii) In respect of such of the State Government employees, who are governed by the New Pension Scheme, the arrears on account of additional installment from January 2015 to July 2015, shall be paid in cash in month of August 2015 and the employees’ share @ 10% shall be deducted at source and credited to their PRAN numbers along with the matching share by the employer. Thereafter, the enhancement in the DA by 6% shall form part of the monthly salary.
(iii) The basic pay for the purpose of this order shall mean the basic pay as defined in Note below Article 27 (aa) of J&K Civil Service Regulations.
(iv) The payment of Dearness Allowance involving a fraction of 50 paisa and above shall be rounded to the next higher rupee and the fraction of less than 50 paisa shall be ignored.
(v) The provisions of this order shall also apply, mutatis-mutandis, in the case of All India Service Officers, serving in connection with the affairs of the State.
By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
Sd/-
(Navin K. Choudhary),IAS,
Commr/Secretary to Government
Finance Department
Source: Original Order click here