TN DA hike: Employees' monthly pay hike explained
As Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay announced a 2% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for TN government employees and teachers, DA will reach from 58% of the basic pay to 60%. TN employees and teachers will get the increased rate from January 1, 2026. The chief minister has also ordered that pensioners and family pensioners will receive the corresponding Dearness Relief (DR) increase from the same date.
After the announcement of the DA hike, let’s find out how much extra amount TN employees will get every month.
Tamil Nadu state government pay structure
Tamil Nadu state government employees get their salaries under the 7 th Pay Commission, where on the basis of their basic pay and Group, they are categorised into Pay Band (PB)-1A, PB-1, PB-2, PB-3, and PB-4. The minimum and maximum salaries in different pay bands are as follows.
How salaries of TN employees will increase after DA hike to 60%
We are giving the band-wise calculations of their pre-revision salary (at 58% DA), current salary (at 60% DA) and the monthly increase.
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-1A (Rs 4800–10000)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-1 (Rs.5200–20200)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees inPB-2 (Rs.9300–34800)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-3 (Rs.15600–39100)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-4 (Rs.37400–67000)
What did TN government DA hike order further say?
The TN DA hike order said that following the announcement made by the Central Government, considering the requests of government employees and teachers, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has ordered that dearness allowance payable to government employees and teachers, which is presently at 58%, be increased by 2% to 60% with effect from January 1, 2026.
With this 2% increase in Dearness Allowance from 58% to 60%, the Tamil Nadu government will incur an additional annual expenditure of approximately Rs 1,230 crore.
This additional expenditure will be fully borne by the State Government in the interest of government employees, teachers, pensioners, and family pensioners.
After the announcement of the DA hike, let’s find out how much extra amount TN employees will get every month.
Tamil Nadu state government pay structure
Tamil Nadu state government employees get their salaries under the 7 th Pay Commission, where on the basis of their basic pay and Group, they are categorised into Pay Band (PB)-1A, PB-1, PB-2, PB-3, and PB-4. The minimum and maximum salaries in different pay bands are as follows.
How salaries of TN employees will increase after DA hike to 60%
We are giving the band-wise calculations of their pre-revision salary (at 58% DA), current salary (at 60% DA) and the monthly increase.
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-1A (Rs 4800–10000)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-1 (Rs.5200–20200)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-3 (Rs.15600–39100)
Monthly salary increase for TN employees in PB-4 (Rs.37400–67000)
What did TN government DA hike order further say?
The TN DA hike order said that following the announcement made by the Central Government, considering the requests of government employees and teachers, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu has ordered that dearness allowance payable to government employees and teachers, which is presently at 58%, be increased by 2% to 60% with effect from January 1, 2026.
With this 2% increase in Dearness Allowance from 58% to 60%, the Tamil Nadu government will incur an additional annual expenditure of approximately Rs 1,230 crore.
This additional expenditure will be fully borne by the State Government in the interest of government employees, teachers, pensioners, and family pensioners.
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