2834-F(P2): West Bengal Hikes DA to 38% for Employees, Pensioners
Summary
West Bengal government has raised Dearness Allowance for state employees from existing rates to 38% of basic pay, effective 01/10/2026, with matching Dearness Relief for pensioners. Pre-revised pay/pension scale DA/DR rises from 171% to 223%. Daily-rated workers get Rs.110 ad-hoc wage hike.
Key Takeaways & Points
- Dearness Allowance for state government employees enhanced to 38% of basic pay w.e.f. 01/10/2026.
- Same 38% DA/DR benefit extended to aided institution employees, statutory bodies, panchayats, municipalities and pensioners/family pensioners.
- Administrative Departments can sanction the benefit without further reference to Finance Department's Group-P2 or Pension Branch.
- Pre-revised pay/pension employees (5th Pay Commission/ROPA 2009 scale) get DA/DR raised from 171% to 223%.
- Public Undertakings/Statutory Bodies must bear the additional expenditure themselves from their own resources.
- Daily-rated workers not covered by statutory wage laws get an ad-hoc increase of Rs.110 per day w.e.f. 01/10/2026.
- All DA/DR amounts will be rounded off to the nearest rupee.
GOVERNMENT ORDER
Government of West Bengal
Finance Department
(Audit Branch)
325 Sarat Chatterjee Road, Nabanna, Howrah-711102
MEMORANDUM
No.2834-F(P2) Dated 04/08/2026
Subject: Grant of Dearness Allowance to State Government Employees and the employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations / Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. and also Dearness Relief to the Pensioners / Family Pensioners.
The question of enhancement of (i) Dearness Allowance in respect of Government employees, the teaching and non-teaching employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations / Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. and (ii) Dearness Relief on the pension / family pension has been under consideration of the Government for some time past.
2. After careful consideration, the Governor has been pleased to decide the following:
- The whole time State Government employees shall draw Dearness Allowance @ 38% of basic pay with effect from 01/10/2026. The calculation of Dearness Allowances shall be made taking into account the revised basic pay and NPA, if any, but it shall not include any other type of pay.
- The Dearness Allowance as sanctioned at (I) above in respect of State Government employees shall be admissible to the teaching and non-teaching employees of Government aided Educational Institutions, employees of Statutory Bodies, Government Undertakings, Panchayats including Panchayat Karmee, Municipal Corporations / Municipalities, Local Bodies etc. The respective Administrative Department may sanction the benefit of Dearness Allowance @38% of revised basic pay with effect from 01/10/2026 to the employees under their control without making any further reference to Group-P2 of this Department.
- The State Government Pensioners/ Family Pensioners shall draw Dearness Relief @38% of revised basic pension/ revised family pension with effect from 01/10/2026.
- It will be the responsibility of the Pension Disbursing Authority to calculate the quantum of Dearness Relief on revised Pension / revised family Pension payable to each individual case.
- For the purpose of payment of Dearness Relief sanctioned herein, the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, will issue authority to the Public Sector Banks in Kolkata and the Accountant General of other States.
- The Treasury / Sub-Treasury Officers in this State will give effect to this order without the authority of the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal.
- The Dearness Relief as sanctioned at (III)(a) above for the State Government Pensioners / Family Pensioners shall also be admissible to the Pensioners / Family Pensioners of State aided Non-Government Educational Institutions, Statutory Bodies / Government Undertakings / Panchayats, Municipal Corporations/ Municipalities, Local Bodies etc., who are in receipt of revised Pension/ revised Family Pension. The respective Administrative Department may sanction the benefit of Dearness Relief @38% of revised Pension / revised Family Pension with effect from 01/10/2026 to the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners concerned under their control without making any further reference to Pension Branch of this Department.
- The rate of Dearness Allowance in respect of the employees mentioned in para (I) above who are drawing pay in the pre-revised pay structure as per recommendation of the 5th Pay Commission shall be enhanced from 171% to 223% with effect from 01/10/2026.
- The pensioners/ family pensioners still drawing pre-revised pension / family pension (As per ROPA 2009) will get Dearness Relief @223% with effect from 01/10/2026 till their pension / family pension is revised.
- The Dearness Allowance/Dearness Relief sanctioned herein shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee in each case.
- In the case of Public Undertakings/ Statutory Bodies, the additional expenditure for sanction of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief should be borne by such Undertakings / Bodies themselves out of their own resources or out of financial assistance provided to them in the budget and no additional financial assistance will be given to them on that account.
- There will be a further ad-hoc increase in the Daily Rate of Wages by Rs. 110/- (Rupees One Hundred and Ten) only with effect from 01/10/2026 for the daily rated workers under the Government whose wages are not regulated by any Statutory provisions like the Minimum Wages Act, etc.
Sd/- P. K. Mishra
Additional Chief Secretary
to the Government of West Bengal