Payment of DA to Railway employees — Revised rates effective from 01.07.2025
Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees — Revised rates effective from 01.07.2025
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
(Railway Board)
S.No. PC-VI/356
RBE NO. 115 /2025
No. PC-VI/2008/1/7/2/1
New Delhi, dated 24.09.2025
The GMs/CAO(R),
All Zonal Railways & Production Units,
(as per mailing list)
Sub: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Railway employees — Revised rates effective from 01.07.2025.
Please refer to this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 13.04.2025 (S.No. PC-VI/349, RBE No. 35/2025) on the subject mentioned above. The President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Railway employees shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 113% to 119 % with effect from 1 st July, 2025.
2. The provisions contained in Paras 3, 4 & 5 of this Ministry’s letter of even number dated 09.09.2008 (S.No. PC-VI/3, RBE No. 106/2008) shall continue to be applicable while regulating Dearness Allowance under these orders.
3. The additional installment of Dearness Allowance payable under these orders shall be paid in cash to all railway employees. The payment of arrears of Dearness Allowance shall not be made before, the date of disbursement of salary of March, 2014. The arrears may be charged to the salary bill and no honorarium is payable for preparing separate bill for this purpose.
4. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
(M.K. Panda)
Jt. Director, Pay Commission
Railway Board
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