Expect Dearness Allowance for january 2011 will be 7%. C.J.Mathews MBA

The All India Consumer Price Index number for

(Industrial Workers) (Base 2001=100) for the month of

August 2010 is 178 as announced by Statistics

Department, Labour, Government of India.

DA . Present DA rate from 1.7.2010 is 45%. Increase with

effect from July 2010 is 10%. 

Month	All India Index	% of increase
Nov 2008	148	21.44
Dec 2008	147	22.38
Jan 2009	148	23.39
Feb 2009	148	24.32
Mar 2009	148	25.12
Apr 2009	150	25.98
May 2009	151	26.84
Jun 2009	153	27.78
Jul 2009	160	29.00
Aug 2009	162	30.23
Sep 2009	163	31.45
Oct 2009	165	32.67
Nov 2009	168	34.11
Dec 2009	169	35.70
Jan 2010	172	37.43
Feb 2010	170	39.01
Mar 2010	170	40.59
Apr 2010	170	42.03
May 2010	172	43.54
Jun 2010	174	45.06

July 2010	178
Aug 2010	178

Presently the dearness allowance(DA) based on the

movement in the AICPI (IW)that is 1982=100.The fifth

 CPC had adopted the AICPI(IW) using 1982 series for

estimation of DA.The government has developed a new

 series with base 2001with effect from 2006.Dearness

 allowance as on   July 2010 is 45%.  

Now dearness allowance( DA)is on the way to January

2011.Whenever  DA crosses over 50% the rates of all

 allowances shall automatically increase by 25%.If DA

JANUARY 2011 is 7% the total DA will be 52%.All central

government employees expecting the day to come.All

Kerala state government employees expecting to get

 this  7%  for them being the first D.A after the pay

revision expected to take place by 01/03/2010.