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Expected DA from January 2013

  AICPI – IW (All India Consumer price Index for industrial workers with the base as 2001=100) for the month of November 2012 has been issued by Government.

All India consumer price index AICPI-IW for the period from January 2012 to November 2012

Month            AICPI-IW

Jan2012        198

Feb2012        199

Mar2012       201

Apr2012        205

May2012       206

Jun2012        208

Jul2012         212

Aug2012       214

Sep2012        215

Oct2012        217

Nov2012        218

Dec 2012       Will be released in the last week of January 2012

Estimated Dearness Allowance with effect from January 2013

From the table above, you can assume that , if there is no change in AICPI-IW for December 2012 i.e it is pegged at 218, then Expected DA from January 2013 will be 80%. 

DA will remain to be at 80% for change in AICPI for December 2012 up to 221. If AICPI(IW) for December 2012 touches 222, then expected DA with effect from January 2013 will be 81%.