Labour Bureau, M/o Labour and employment have made available the following All India Consumer Price Index numbers (AICPINs) for the quarter ending 31st June 2020:

MonthIndex nos.
base 2001
Index nos
base 1960
April3297509
May3307532
June3327578
DR data for the quarter ending June 20

As all  the pensioners, (other than family Pensioners), are being paid Dearness relief  based on CPI=4440,  the increase in DR effective for the half year August 20 to January 21 comes to 16 slabs (1.60%) which works out to 77.5% of Basic Pension.

(ii) The Dearness Relief in respect of all family pensioners who are being paid DR based on CPI= 2836 will be 176.40 % of Family Pension.
Rate of Dearness Relief in respect of ex-gratia recipients: 1162.45 %.

(iii) The in service employees will get 14 slabs more.

Use Pension Calculator below to know the estimated increase in pension:


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