Basic pay + Grade pay + Dearness Allowance (DA) + House Rent Allowance (HRA) + City Compensatory Allowance (CCA)
The details of above said components of salary of government employees are as follows.
Basic pay: The primary component of employee salary which is bases for calculation of other components in the employee salary.
Grade pay: An amount which is fixed by the government on the range of employee in government hierarchy. (for example; Group A officers have high grade pay than Group B officers.)
Dearness Allowance: Certain percentage of the amount on basic pay. This percentage varies from state government to Central government employees. An allowance paid to employees on the basis of consumer Price index. Consumer price index denotes the cost of the products which influences by the inflation. (in simple terms cost of living) At present, 41% is for state government employees and 72 % is for Central government employees as dearness allowance on their basic pay.
House Rent Allowance (HRA): Certain percentage of the amount on basic pay. This percentage varies from state government to Central government employees. This allowance is paid to employees are meeting house rent expenditure.
City Compensatory Allowance (CCA): An allowance paid according to the city or town where employee do the job and the purpose of this allowance is to compensate high cost of living especially in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Hyderabad et cetera . Government decides the amount of allowance to be paid to employees on basis of city or town.
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