DR for Bank Pensioners 23 slabs up from August 2021 to January 2022
Labour Bureau, M/o Labour and Employment have made available the All India Consumer Price Index numbers (AICPINs-base 2016=100) for the quarter ending 30th June 21 are as follows:
| Month | Base 2016=100 | Base 2001=100 | Base 1982=100 | Base 1960=100 |
| Apr 2021 | 120.1 | 345.89 | 1601.46 | 7895.20 |
| May 2021 | 120.6 | 347.33 | 1608.13 | 7928.07 |
| Jun 2021 | 121.70 | 350.50 | 1622.80 | 8000.39 |
DR data for the quarter ending June 21
i) Based on the quarterly average, the increase in DR RATE effective for the half year August 21 to January 22 comes to 23 slabs (2.30% increase) and total DR works out to 87.5% of Basic Pension for the pensioners, who are getting pension on CPI=4440,
Other Bank Pensioners who are getting pension CPI=6352 will get 1.61 % rise In DR
(ii)The Dearness Relief in respect of all family pensioners in RBI who are being paid DR based on CPI = 2836 will be 191.40 % of Family Pension.
(iii) The in service employees will get 30 slabs more.
(iv) The Dearness Relief in respect of ex-gratia recipients in RBI will be 1229.45 % of Amount of Ex-gratia per month.
Source: AIRBIOPF
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