One of the important allowance for Central Government Employees is Dearness Allowance, always there are some expectations for Dearness Allowance percentage. Central Government will revise the DA twice in a year, on 1st January and 1st July. DA is a fully taxable allowance.

Central Government increased 2 per cent dearness allowance from the January 2018, so employees received 7 percent dearness allowance from the existing 5 percent.