DA to Bank Employees from February to April 2020

The rate of Dearness Allowance (DA) payable to Bank employees for the months of February, March and April 2020 shall be 75.90 % of pay

Indian Banks’ Association
HR & Industrial Relations

No. CIR/HR&IR/76/D/2019-20/8619

February 1, 2020

All Members of the Association
(Designated Officers)

Dear Sirs,

Dearness Allowance for Workmen and Officer Employees in banks for the months of February, March & April 2020 under X BPS/ Joint Note dated 25.5.2015

The confirmed All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base1960=100) for the quarter ended December 2019 are as follows:-

October 2019 7418.42
November 2019 7486.9
December 2019 7532.55

The average CPI of the above is 7479.29 and accordingly the number of DA slabs are 759(7479-4440= 3039/4= 759 Slabs) The last quarterly Payment of DA was at 717 Slabs. Hence there is an increase in DA slabs of 42 i.e 759 Slabs for payment of DA for the quarter February, March and April 2020

In terms of clause 7 of the 10th Bipartite Settlement dated 25.05.2015 and clause 3 of the Joint Note dated 25.05.2015, the rate of Dearness Allowance payable to workmen and officer employees for the months of February, March & April 2020 shall be 75.90 % of ‘pay’. While arriving at dearness allowance payable, decimals from third place may please be ignored.

S K Kakkar
Senior Advisor (HR&IR)

Bank Employees DA rates from February 2015 to April 2020

Rate of DA paid to Bank Employees from February 2015 to April 2020 is given below

View the IBA Circular