Dearness Relief(DR) Orders for Central Government Pensioners

Dearness Relief(DR) Orders for Central Government Pensioners are issued two times in a year. Order for the DR effective from 1st January is generally issued in the month of March while order for the DR effective from 1st July is generally issued in the month of September every year.

Dearness Relief(DR) Orders for Central Government Pensioners

Below is the Dearness Relief(DR) Orders for Central Government Pensioners since January 2016 as per 7th CPC.

Year	Month	All India CPI-IW	DR	DR Order
2016	Jan	269	0.48%
2016	Feb	267	0.93%
2016	Mar	268	1.38%
2016	Apr	271	1.86%
2016	May	275	2.40%
2016	June	277	2.91%
2016	July	280	3.45%	DR Order
2016	Aug	278	3.90%
2016	Sept	277	4.25%
2016	Oct	278	4.53%
2016	Nov	277	4.76%
2016	Dec	275	4.95%
2017	Jan	274	5.11%	DR Order
2017	Feb	274	5.33%
2017	Mar	275	5.55%
2017	Apr	277	5.74%
2017	May	278	5.84%
2017	June	280	5.94%
2017	July	285	6.10%	DR Order
2017	Aug	285	6.32%
2017	Sept	285	6.57%
2017	Oct	287	6.86%
2017	Nov	288	7.21%
2017	Dec	286	7.56%
2018	Jan	288	8.01%	DR Order
2018	Feb	287	8.42%
2018	Mar	287	8.81%
2018	Apr	288	9.16%
2018	May	289	9.51%
2018	June	291	9.86%
2018	July	301	10.37%	DR Order
2018	Aug	301	10.88%
2018	Sept	301	11.39%
2018	Oct	302	11.87%
2018	Nov	302	12.31%
2018	Dec	301	12.79%
2019	Jan	307	13.40%	DR Order
2019	Feb	307	14.03%
2019	Mar	309	14.73%
2019	Apr	312	15.50%
2019	May	314	16.30%
2019	June	316	17.09%
2019	July	319	17.67%	DR Order
2019	Aug	320	18.27%
2019	Sept	322	18.94%
2019	Oct	325	19.68%
2019	Nov	328	20.50%
2019	Dec	330	21.43%
2020	Jan	330	22.16%
2020	Feb	328	22.83%
2020	Mar	326	23.37%
2020	Apr	329	23.92%
2020	May	330	24.43%
2020	June	332	24.94%
2020	July	336	25.48%
2020	Aug	338	26.05%
2020	Sept	118.1	26.63%
2020	Oct	119.5	27.24%
2020	Nov	119.9	27.79%
2020	Dec	118.8	28.18%
2021	Jan	118.2	28.51%
2021	Feb	119	28.98%
2021	Mar	119.6	29.57%
2021	Apr	120.1	30.11%
2021	May	120.6	30.66%
2021	June	121.7	31.25%	Order
2021	July	122.8	31.81%	DR Order
2021	Aug	123	32.33%
2021	Sept	123.3	32.81%
2021	Oct	124.9	33.30%
2021	Nov	125.7	33.84%
2021	Dec	125.4	34.44%
2022	Jan	125.1	35.08%	DR Order
2022	Feb	125	35.63%
2022	Mar	126	36.21%
2022	Apr	127.7	36.91%
2022	May	129	37.68%
2022	June	129.2	38.37%
2022	July	129.9	39.02%	DR Order
2022	Aug	130.2	39.68%
2022	Sept	131.3	40.42%
2022	Oct	132.5	41.12%
2022	Nov	132.5	41.74%
2022	Dec	132.3	42.37%
2023	Jan	132.8	43.08%	DR Order
2023	Feb	132.7	43.79%
2023	Mar	133.3	44.46%
2023	Apr	134.2	45.06%
2023	May	134.7	45.58%
2023	June	136.4	46.24%
2023	July	139.7	47.14%	DR Order
2023	Aug	139.2	47.97%
2023	Sept	137.5	48.54%
2023	Oct	138.4	49.08%
2023	Nov	139.1	49.68%
2023	Dec	138.8	50.28%
2024	Jan	138.9	50.84%	DR Order
2024	Feb	139.2	51.44%
2024	Mar	138.9	51.95%
2024	Apr	139.4	52.43%

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