Rajasthan News: The Government of Rajasthan under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has approved an increase of 2 percent in dearness relief (DR) and dearness allowance (DA) with effect from January 1, 2026.
The decision is likely to benefit approximately 13 lakh pensioners and employees across the state of Rajasthan.
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The Seventh Pay Commission framework’s revision has put DR and DA increase to 60 from 58 percent. The DA and DR hike would apply to around 5.4 lakh pensioners and more than 7 lakh officials of the state government. This includes employees working in local bodies like zila parishads and panchayat samitis.
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The revised allowance would start reflecting in salaries for the month of May 2026. This means that salaries coming in the month of June 2026 would include the increased DA and DR hikes.
The state government announced that arrears for the duration between the months of January to April 2026 would be handled differently.
Pensioners would receive the revised amount in cash to improve immediate liquidity. On the other hand, state government employees would receive their amounts in their respective general provident fund accounts to strengthen long-term savings. The Rajasthan state’s exchequer would bear an additional burden of more than Rs. 1,100 crore because of the DA and DR increase.
The state government’s decision follows a similar step recently taken and announced by the Union Government. The Union Government raised dearness allowance for pensioners and central government employees.
Dearness Allowance is used by union and state governments to offset inflation while protect the purchasing power of pensioners and government employees. The increase translates to a rise in monthly income for pensioners and serving employees. Since long, employee trade unions and welfare bodies have been asking for an increase in the value of DA and DR.
