The central government is likely to increase dearness allowance (DA) for its over one crore employees and pensioners by four percentage points to 42 per cent from existing 38 per cent as per the agreed formula for the purpose.The dearness allowance for employees and pensioners are worked out on the basis of the latest Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) brought out by the Labour Bureau every month.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/centre-likely-to-hike-dearness-allowance-by-4-to-42/articleshow/97623058.cms