<h1>Dearness Allowance increase: additional instalment effective January increases rates and raises fiscal burden for central employees and pensioners.</h1> Approval to grant an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance to central government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners effective 1.1.2013 by increasing the existing DA/DR rate by 8 percent over the prevailing 72 percent, with a noted annual and 2013-14 budgetary impact on the exchequer.