December 2021 AICPIN is the last point to finalise the DA rate from January 2022

The AICPIN for the month of December, 2021 is released on Monday, 31st January, 2022. But this is the last AICPIN which is expected by all to finalise the DA rate from January 2022.

As per the Press release issued by Labour Bureau today, the AICPIN for December, 2021 decreased by 0.3 points and stood at 125.4 

Let’s look at the monthly wise increase in AICPIN over the last 12 months. The minimum was (-0.3) and the maximum was 1.6. Even using the maximum and minimum increases in AICPIN for the month of December 2021, the DA rate will be fixed at 34%. 

DA Table for January 2022 with 12 Months AICPIN

The AICPIN and DA table provided below will make the above assumption clear.

S.No	Month & Year	AICPIN Points	Difference In AICPIN	DA  Increase @ Monthly
1	January 2021	118.2	–	28.50
2	February 2021	119.0	(+0.8)	28.97
3	March 2021	119.6	(+0.6)	29.56
4	April 2021	120.1	(+0.5)	30.10
5	May 2021	120.6	(+0.5)	30.65
6	June 2021	121.7	(+1.1)	31.24
7	July 2021	122.8	(+1.1)	31.80
8	August 2021	123.0	(+0.2)	32.32
9	September 2021	123.3	(+0.3))	32.80
10	October 2021	124.9	(+1.6)	33.30
11	November 2021	125.7	(+0.8)	33.85
12	December 2021	125.4	(-0.3)	34.46

Finally the increase in the additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to Pensions, due from 01.01.2022 will be 3% over the existing rate 31%.