The Odisha Ministry Office has issued the memorandum for Odisha employee DA rate for the state government employees. The same memorandum for DA is applicable for the pensioners which will be in effect from July 2023.
Under these announcements there are over 4 lakh government employees and 3.5 lakhs pensioners who will be benefited with the increased DA as per CDA Rates.
The current DA rate is 42 percent which was earlier at 38%. There has been a massive increase in the Dearness Allowance which has brought relief to state government employees after Freezing of DA. Since the recent pandemic situation, the state government has not announced any increments and DA rate increase for their Odisha pay scale applicable for all employees.
The chief ministers of Odisha state have signed the Dearness Allowance order which does also include the DA amount from the 1st month of 2023, the entire amount will be credited to the beneficiary in regular intervals.
Odisha Employee DA Rate
| Dare from which payable | % Rate of Dearness allowance to be paid on Basic Pay |
|---|---|
| 01.01.2023 | 42 |
| 01.07.2022 | 38 |
| 01.01.2022 | 34 |
| 01.07.2021 | 31 |
| 01.01.2019 | 12 |
| 01.07.2018 | 9 |
| 01.01.2018 | 7 |
| 01.07.2017 | 5 |
| 01.01.2017 | 4 |
| 01.07.2016 | 2 |
| 01.01.2016 | No DA |
For detailed circulars, please visit the page finance.odisha.gov.in. Employee can check the new DA rates on their Odisha pay slip. The new Odisha employee DA rate were changed from time to time for every six months as per the 6th pay revision of CDA rates announced by the Central Government.