Expected DA hike for Indian Army, Navy, Air force from 1st Jan 2024

On 23.10.23, MoD declared DA hike of 4%, increasing DA from 42% to 46%, for defence forces. The official circular for Indian Army, Navy, Air force have been issued by MoD.

Dearness Allowance (DA) hike for defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force from 1st Jan 2024 will be known to us after the declaration of AICPIN of period July’23 to Dec’23. The DA hike for defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force from 1st Jan 2024 will be declared officially by MoD in Mar-April’24.

For Central Government employees of 7th pay scale, HRA may increase to 30%/20%/10% slab and CEA may increase by 25% from 1st January 2024. Check the details here

Major Contents in the Post: (Jump to the Section)

1. Expected Dearness Allowance, DA hike for defence forces from 1st Jan 2024
2. Dearness Allowance, DA hike for defence forces from 1st July 2023
3. Defence force revised Rates of Risk and Hardship Allowances or Concessions in 7th CPC
4. Defence force revised Rates of Other Allowances or Concessions in 7th CPC

Expected DA hike for defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force from 1st Jan 2024:

Below is shown the Calculated DA hike for Central Govt. Employees of 7th cpc scale. The same will be applied to the defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force also.

Dearness Allowance of Indian Army, Navy, Air force from 1st July 2023 by MoD

Dearness Allowance, DA applicable to defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force from 1st July 2023 will be 46%. The Department of Defence under Ministry of Defence of Government of India release the official order of DA, two times in a year.

Dearness allowance (DA) hike or increment from 1st July 2023 for defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force :

The DA has been increased to 46% w.e.f. 1st July 2023 for defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force in 7th CPC pay scale. It is for Armed Forces Officials and Personnel Below Officer rank including NCs(E). (source: mod.gov.in)

Past Dearness allowance (DA) hike circulars for defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force :

Period	D. A. (%)	Increase / Decrease	Letter by MoD
01-01-2024 to 30-06-2024
01-07-2023 to 31-12-2023	46%	4%	MoD Notif., 23.10.23
01-01-2023 to 30-06-2023	42%	4%	MoD Notif., 10.04.23
01-07-2022 to 31-12-2022	38%	4%	MoD Notif., 06.10.22
01-01-2022 to 30-06-2022	34%	3%	MoD Notif., 06.04.22
01-07-2021 to 31-12-2021	31%	14 %	MoD Revised Notif., 27.10.21
01-01-2021 to 30-06-2021	17 %	0 %	DA Freezed till 30.06.21
01-07-2020 to 31-12-2020	17 %	0 %	DA Freezed till 30.06.21
01-01-2020 to 30-06-2020	17 %	0 %	DA Freezed till 30.06.21
01-07-2019 to 31-12-2019	17 %	5 %	MoD Notif., 21.10.19
01-01-2019 to 30-06-2019	12 %	3 %	MoD Notif., 11.03.19
01-07-2018 to 31-12-2018	9 %	2 %	MoD Notif., 18.09.18
01-01-2018 to 30-06-2018	7 %	2 %	MoD Notif., 28.03.18
01-07-2017 to 31-12-2017	5 %	1 %
01-01-2017 to 30-06-2017	4 %

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DA Calculation for 7th CPC pay scale of defence forces like Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air force:

The formula of DA calculation for 7th CPC pay scale for old base year is :

DA = [(Average of AICPI-IW for last 12 months) – 261.4] / 261.4 x 100

(The linking factor for AICPIN-IW old base year is 2.88 multiplied by AICPIN-IW new base year)

AICPIN-IW	AICPIN-IW points	AICPIN-IW points	AICPIN Average	DA calculated	DA hike
Months	(New base 2016)	(Old base 2001)	Last 12 months	(%)	(%)
Dec 2023
June 2023	136.4	392	382	46.24 (= 46 %)	4%
Dec 2022	132.3	381	372	42.37 (= 42 %)	4%
June 2022	129.2	372	362	38.37 (= 38 %)	4%
Dec 2021	125.4	361	351	34.44 (= 34 %)	3%
June 2021	121.7	350	342.92	31.18 (= 31 %)	3%
Dec-20	118.8	342	335	28.16 (= 28 %)	3%
Jun-20		332	326.58	24.94 (= 25 %)	4%
Dec-19		330	317.42	21.43 (= 21 %)	4%
Jun-19		316	306.08	17.09	4%

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Defence force revised Rates of Risk and Hardship Allowances or Concessions in 7th CPC:

SI No.	Defence Force Risk and Hardship (RH) Allowances in 7th CPC	RH-MATRIX (Risk / Hardship)	To whom granted	Rates (Per Month)
1	Boiler Watch keeping Allowance	R3H1	Sailors	4100 PM
2	Hard Lying Money	R3H3	Naval Officers	1200 PM (Full), 600 PM (Half)
	Hard Lying Money	R3H3	Sailors	1000 PM (Full), 500 PM (Half)
3	MARCOS  and Chariot Allowance	R1H1	Naval Officers	25000 PM
	MARCOS  and Chariot Allowance	R1H1	Sailors	17300 PM
4	Project Allowance	R3H2	Officers	3400 PM
	Project Allowance	R3H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv.	2700 PM
5	Free Fall Jump Instructor Allowance	R2H2	Officers	10500 PM
	Free Fall Jump Instructor Allowance	R2H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv.	6000 PM
6	Flying Allowance	R1H1	Officers	25000 PM
	Flying Allowance	R1H1	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	17300 PM
7	Field Area Allowance	R2H2	Officers	10500 PM
	Field Area Allowance	R2H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	6000 PM
8	Sea Going Allowance	R2H2	Officers	10500 PM
	Sea Going Allowance	R2H2	Sailors	6000 PM
9	Test Pilot & Flight Test Engineer Allowance	R1H3	Test Pilot	5300 PM
	Test Pilot & Flight Test Engineer Allowance	R1H3	Flight Test Engineer	4100 PM
10	Modified Field Area Allowance		Officers	6300 PM
	Modified Field Area Allowance		JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	3600 PM
11	Highly Active Field Area Allowance	R1H2	Officers	16900 PM
	Highly Active Field Area Allowance	R1H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	9700 PM
12	Counter Insurgency Allowance in Peace Area	R2H2	Officers	10500 PM
	Counter Insurgency Allowance in Peace Area	R2H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv.	6000 PM
13	Counter Insurgency Allowance (CI Ops) in Field Area	R1H2	Officers	16900 PM
	Counter Insurgency Allowance (CI Ops) in Field Area	R1H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	9700 PM
14	Counter Insurgency Allowance in Modified Field Area		Officers	13013 PM
	Counter Insurgency Allowance in Modified Field Area		JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	7469 PM
15	High Altitude Allowance Cat-I	R3H2	Officers	3400 PM
	High Altitude Allowance Cat-I	R3H2	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	2700 PM
16	High Altitude Allowance Cat-II	R3H1	Officers	5300 PM
	High Altitude Allowance Cat-II	R3H1	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	4100 PM
17	High Altitude Allowance Cat-III	R1H1	Officers	25000 PM
	High Altitude Allowance Cat-III	R1H1	JCOs/ORs & equiv. in IAF	17300 PM
18	Hydrographic Survey Allowance (for non-surveyors)	R3H3	Non-Survey officers serving onboard ships	1200 PM
	Hydrographic Survey Allowance (for non-surveyors)	R3H3	Non-Survey sailors serving onboard ships	1000 PM
19	Hydrographic Survey Allowance (except non-surveyors)	R3H2	Naval Officers	3400 PM
	Hydrographic Survey Allowance (except non-surveyors)	R3H2	Sailors	2700 PM
20	Para Allowance	R2H2	Officers	10500 PM
	Para Allowance	R2H2	JCOs/ORs & below	6000 PM
21	Para Reserve Allowance		Officers	2625 PM
	Para Reserve Allowance		JCOs/ORs & below	1500 PM
22	Para Jump Instructor Allowance	R2H2	Officers	10500 PM
	Para Jump Instructor Allowance	R2H2	JCOs/ORs & below	6000 PM
23	Siachen Allowance	RH-MAX	Officers	42500 PM
	Siachen Allowance	RH-MAX	JCOs/ORs & equiv.	30000 PM
24	Special Forces Allowance	R1H1	Officers	25000 PM
	Special Forces Allowance	R1H1	JCOs/ORs & equiv.	17300 PM
25	Submarine Allowance	R1H1	Naval Officers	25000 PM
	Submarine Allowance	R1H1	Sailors	17300 PM
26	Submarine Duty Allowance	R3H1	Naval Officers (other than qualified submariners)	5300 PM
	Submarine Duty Allowance	R3H1	Sailors	4100 PM
27	Submarine Technical Allowance	R3H3	Naval Artificers / Mechanicians	4100 PM
28	Tough Location Allowance (TLA) to All Defence personnel		Level 9 & above	Level 8 & below
	TLA-I	R3H1	5300 PM	4100 PM
	TLA-II	R3H2	3400 PM	2700 PM
	TLA-III	R3H3	1200 PM	1000 PM

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Defence force revised Rates of Other Allowances or Concessions in 7th CPC:

Rum Allowance	JCOs/ORs and equivalent	Area	Rate
Rum Allowance	JCOs/ORs	Peace	68  pm
Rum Allowance	JCOs/ORs	Field Area Below 3000 ft	158  pm
Rum Allowance	JCOs/ORs	Field Area 3000-4999 ft	225 pm
Rum Allowance	JCOs/ORs	Field Area 5000-8999 ft	248 pm
Rum Allowance	JCOs/ORs	Field Area 9000 & above	360 pm
Classification Allowance	Havildar & equivalent & below rank	Grp	X	Y
Classification Allowance	Havildar & equivalent	Cl 4 to 3	–	225 p.m.
Classification Allowance	Havildar & equivalent	Cl 3 to 2	270 om	225 p.m.
Classification Allowance	Havildar & equivalent	Cl 2 to 1	270 om	225 p.m.
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	Depth fathoms	Rate Per Minute (in Rs.)	Applicable to IAF and Army personnel also
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	Up to 20	2.70
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	20 to 30	4.05
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	30 to 40	5.40
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	40 to 50	8.10
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	so to 60	10.80
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	60 to 75	15.30
Dip Money	All Naval Personnel	75 to 100	17.10
Composite Personal Maintenance Allowance (CPMA)	JCOs / ORs and equivalent	Allowance	Rate (Rs. p.m.)	Washing & Clothing Allowance is subsumed in it.
CPMA	JCOs/ORs	Hair Cuttino Allowance	45
CPMA	JCOs/ORs	Soap Toilet Allowance	45
CPMA	JCOs/ORs	Total	90
Air Worthiness Certificate Allowance	Aviation trade PBORs	338 p.m.		With Service of two to Ten Years
Air Worthiness Certificate Allowance	Aviation trade PBORs	675 p.m.		With Service of more than Ten Years
Dress Allowance	Officers	20,000 p.a.
Dress Allowance	MNS Officers	15,000 p.a.
Dress Allowance	PBORs	10,000 p.a.
Extra Work Allowance		2% of Basic Pay
Post Graduate Allowance	Officers	Post Graduate Degree Holders	2250 PM
Post Graduate Allowance	Officers	Post Graduate Diploma Holders	1350 PM
Qualification Allowance	Category ‘ A’ (ATC/FC)	3600 p.m.
Qualification Allowance	Cateaorv ‘B’ (ATC/FC)	2700 p.m.
Qualification Allowance	Master Aviation Instructor	1125 p.m.
Qualification Allowance	Senior Aviation Instructor Class-I	900 p.m.
Qualification Allowance	Senior Aviation Instructor -Class-II	630 p.m.
Qualification Allowance	Aviators holding Master Green Card	900 p.m.
Qualification Allowance	Aviators holding Green Card	630 p.m.
Language Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs and equivalent	category	Language Allowance (PM)
Language Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	I	2025 p.m.
Language Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	II	1689 p.m.
Language Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	III	1350 p.m.
Good Service / Good Conduct / Badge Allowance	JCOs/ORs and equivalent		Army	Navy &IAF
DO	JCOs/ORs	First Badge	144	180
DO	JCOs/ORs	Second Badge	288	360
DO	JCOs/ORs	Third Badge	432	540
Funeral Expense (erstwhile Funeral Allowance)	Officers/JCOs/ ORs and equivalent	9000
Aeronautical Allowance	Aircraft technicians of all 3 Services	450 p.m.
Deputation (Duty) Allowance	Officers/JCOs/ ORs and equivalent	Defence forces personnel be given an option to draw:	either (a) 50% of to civilians officers along with service concessions or
Deputation (Duty) Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs		(b) draw 100%but forego the service concessions subject to following ceiling:-	(i) Rs.4,500 p.m. for deputation within the same station. and (ii) Rs.9,000 p.m. involving change of station.
Diving Allowance	All Naval Personnel	Clearance/Dee Divinq Officers	1800
Diving Allowance	All Naval Personnel	Ships Diving Officer	900
Diving Allowance	All Naval Personnel	Clearance Diver Class I	1350
Diving Allowance	All Naval Personnel	Clearance Diver Class II	1170
Diving Allowance	All Naval Personnel	Clearance Diver Class III	990
Diving Allowance	All Naval Personnel	Ships Diver	900
Diving Attendant Allowance	All Naval Personnel	1/5th to Dip Money
Hard Area Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs and equivalent	20% of Basic Pay
Island  Special  Duty Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs and equivalent	Area	Rate as % of Basic Pay	ISDA to be rationalized by a factor of 0.8.
Island  Special  Duty Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	Areas  around the Capital Towns    (Port Blair, Kavaratti & Agatti)	10%
Island  Special  Duty Allowance	Officers / JCOs / ORs	Difficult Areas -Entire Lakshadweep Except Kavaratti, Agatti & Minicoy	16%	Difficult Areas-North & Middle Andaman, South Andaman Excluding Port Blair.
Island  Special  Duty Allowance	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	More  Difficult Areas – Little Andaman, Nicobar group of Islands,	20%	Narcondum Islands, East Islands and Minicoy
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs and equivalent	Award for passing	Diploma Part-II Exam	with 65% & above marks
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	Cat	Sponsored Candidate	Non- Sponsored Candidate
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	I	6750	10125
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	II	4725	6750
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	III	3375	4725
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	Award for Passing	Interpretership Exam	with 70% & above
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	category	Sponsored candidate	Non- Sponsored candidate
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	I	13500	20250
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	II	10125	13500
Language Award	Officers/ JCOs/ORs	III	6750	10125
Reward for Meritorious Service	Annuity for JCOs & equivalent	900 p.a.
Reward for Meritorious Service	Gratuity for Long Service & Good Conduct Medal	900 (One Time)
Specialist Allowance	Specialist Medical Officers	Graded soecialist	3600 pm
Specialist Allowance	Specialist Medical Officers	Classified specialist	4500 pm
Specialist Allowance	Specialist Medical Officers	Consultant/ Advisor / Professor	5400 pm
Technical Allowance	Technical Officers	Tier I	3600 pm	Existing system of TA up to 31.03.2018.
Technical Allowance	Technical Officers	Tier II	4500 pm	TA (Tier-II ) to continue beyond 31.03.2018 only after review of courses.
Unit & Charge Certificate Allowance	Artificers and Mechanicians		Unit Certificate	Charge Certificate
Unit & Charge Allowance	Artificers and Mechanicians	lower Rate	338	675
Unit & Charge Allowance	Artificers and Mechanicians	Higher Rate	675	1013
Unit & Charge Allowance	Artificers and Mechanicians	Special Rate	–	1215
Children Education Allowance	All	2250 p.m. per child
Special allowance for children for women with disabilities	All	3000 p.m. per child
Educational Concession to  the children of missing / disabled / killed in action	Tuition fee	Full reimbursement
DO	Hostel charges	Full reimbursement
DO	Books, stationary	2000 p.a
DO	Uniform	2000 p.a
DO	Clothing	700 p.a
Ration Money Allowance	Officers			In peace areas in lieu of ration in kind
Territorial Army Allowance	Officers	2000 p.a		Subsumes Camp Allowance, TA Bounty
TAA	JCOs	1500 p.a
TAA	Ors	1000 p.a
Non  Practicing Allowance (NPA)	Officers of DGAFMS	20% of Basic Pay
House Rent Allowance	All	24% , 16% and 8%		For Class X, Y, Z cities / towns
Transport Allowance	Level 9 and above	7200 + DA
Transport Allowance	Level 1-8	3600 + DA

DA, DR hike of all states and UTs of India	DA hike of Central Govt. Employees of 7th cpc, 6th cpc, 5th cpc
DA, DR hike of Indian Army, Navy and Air Force	DR hike of Central Govt. Pensioners and Family Pensioners
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