Enter your basic pay to see your Dearness Allowance amount and resulting gross pay, at the current 60% DA rate, or any rate you want to test.
Try the projected July 2026 rate of around 63%, or any historical rate, by moving the slider.
Dearness Allowance compensates central, and most state, government employees and pensioners for inflation eating into the value of their fixed basic pay, which otherwise stays unchanged for the ten year life of a pay commission. It is recalculated twice a year using the All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (AICPI-IW), so it rises and falls with the cost of living rather than needing a fresh pay commission each time.
Type in your basic pay and use the slider to set a DA rate, starting from the current 60% default. The calculator multiplies your basic pay by the DA rate to give you the DA amount, adds it to your basic for a combined figure, and also shows what that DA works out to over a full year.
| Effective from | DA rate |
|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | 60% |
| 1 July 2025 | 58% |
| 1 January 2025 | 55% |
| 1 July 2026 (projected, not yet confirmed) | around 63% |
DA% = ((average AICPI-IW of the preceding 12 months minus 261.42) divided by 261.42) multiplied by 100, rounded to the nearest whole number.
Twice a year, effective 1 January and 1 July, with the confirming order and arrears usually issued a couple of months later.
The official AICPI linked DA applies to government employees and pensioners. Private companies may use a similarly named allowance, but it isn't tied to the same formula.