The AICPIN for the month of December, 2021 is released on Monday, 31st January, 2022. But this is the last AICPIN which is expected by all to finalise the DA rate from January 2022.
As per the Press release issued by Labour Bureau today, the AICPIN for December, 2021 decreased by 0.3 points and stood at 125.4
Let’s look at the monthly wise increase in AICPIN over the last 12 months. The minimum was (-0.3) and the maximum was 1.6. Even using the maximum and minimum increases in AICPIN for the month of December 2021, the DA rate will be fixed at 34%. Check this in DA Calculator.
DA Table for January 2022 with 12 Months AICPIN
The AICPIN and DA table provided below will make the above assumption clear.
| S.No | Month & Year | AICPIN Points | Difference In AICPIN | DA Increase @ Monthly |
| 1 | January 2021 | 118.2 | – | 28.50 |
| 2 | February 2021 | 119.0 | (+0.8) | 28.97 |
| 3 | March 2021 | 119.6 | (+0.6) | 29.56 |
| 4 | April 2021 | 120.1 | (+0.5) | 30.10 |
| 5 | May 2021 | 120.6 | (+0.5) | 30.65 |
| 6 | June 2021 | 121.7 | (+1.1) | 31.24 |
| 7 | July 2021 | 122.8 | (+1.1) | 31.80 |
| 8 | August 2021 | 123.0 | (+0.2) | 32.32 |
| 9 | September 2021 | 123.3 | (+0.3)) | 32.80 |
| 10 | October 2021 | 124.9 | (+1.6) | 33.30 |
| 11 | November 2021 | 125.7 | (+0.8) | 33.85 |
| 12 | December 2021 | 125.4 | (-0.3) | 34.46 |
Finally the increase in the additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensions, due from 01.01.2022 will be 3% over the existing rate 31%.
