Dearness Relief for the period August 2022 to January 2023 payable to Pensioners – Official Order

IBA – Dearness Relief for the period August 2022 to January 2023 to Pensioners

Indian Banks’ Association

HR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

No.CIR/HR&IR/D/G2/2022-23/11416
August 1, 2022

Designated Officers of all Member Banks
which are parties to the Bipartite Settlement on Pension

Dear Sir/Madam,

Dearness Relief for the period August 2022 to January 2023 payable to Pensioners

The confirmed All India Average Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (Base 1960=100) for the quarter ended June, 2022 are as follows:-

April 2022 – 8394.82
May 2022 – 8480.28
June 2022 – 8493.43

In terms of Regulation 37 of Bank Employees’ Pension Regulations, 1995 Dearness Relief is payable to pensioners at rates specified in Appendix II to the Regulations.

Pending amendments to Pension Regulations, Banks may pay on ad hoc basis, the Dearness Relief payable to pensioners for the period August 2022 to January 2023 as per Annexure.

Yours faithfully,

Brajeshwar Sharma
Senior Advisor (HIR&IR)

View the : Annexure for Rate of DR