Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) All Provincial and Federal Employees Currently Getting

Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) All Provincial and Federal Employees Currently Getting

I will share here the details of the Province-Wise List of Disparity Reduction Allowances (DRA) and the Eligibility of provincial and federal employees. The federal government is granting the Disparity Reduction Allowance to specific employees. However, some provinces are also granting this DRA to the employees. The details are as follows:

Province-Wise List of Disparity Reduction Allowances (DRA)

 

In this list, I shall explain all the Governments that granted Disparity Reduction Allowance. I shall also make a list of those who granted this allowance. On the other hand, I shall mention which allowance which government granted instead of DRA. Before explaining this, let’s just go over the history of DRA for the Government employees.

 

History of DRA for Govt Employees

 

               The history of Disparity Reduction Allowance starts from 2021, when the employees struggled for the DRA. The main reason for this allowance was to equalize the salaries of all government employees in a specific Pay Scale.  In some departments, the employees of the same pay scale had multiple times the salary as compared to same scale employee of other departments. The fact is that these departments were getting some special allowance that was equal to or more to 100% of basic pay. Other departments did not get even 0% of this type of allowance. The employees struggled and protested, and they succeeded in getting this allowance in the form of Disparity Reduction Allowance. Initially, it was granted @ 25% with effect from 1st March 2021. Later on, due to the efforts of employees, they got more 15% of DRA in 2022. Now, again 30% Disparity Reduction Allowance has been announced by the Federal Government. 5% KPK Government. The Sindh Government has not yet announced it. Punjab Government and Balochistan Government will announce their budgets on 13-06-2025. Let’s see what they do with Disparity Reduction Allowance.

 

DRAs by the Federal Government

 

The Federal Government granted the following DRAs to the specific employees:

 

  • Disparity Reduction Allowance 2021 @ 25% with effect from 1st March 2021
  • Disparity Reduction Allowance 2022 @ 15% with effect from 1st March 2022
  • DRA- 2025 (Announced) @ 30% with effect from 1st July 2025.

 

Punjab Govt DRA/SRA

 

  • Special Allowance 2021 @ 25% instead of DRA
  • Special Allowance 2022 @ 15% with effect from 1st March 2025
  • 2025 – Budget not yet announced

 

KPK Employees DRAs

 

  • 2021 – NO DRA
  • DRA-2022 @ 15% with effect from 1st March 2022
  • DRA -2025 @ 5% annunced with effect from 1st July 2025 (Previous granted DRA 2022 increased from @ 15% to 20%)

 

Sindh Employees DRA

 

  • No DRA in 2021, however, granted ARA-2021 @ 20% instead of 10%
  • 2022- DRA (Differential Allowance) for BPS-01 to BPS-16 @ 34.35@ and BPS-17 and above @ 31.7% with effect from 1st July 2022. However, the differences of ARA for the years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013 were abolished due to the Revised Pay Scales 2022.
  • 2025- The Sindh Government did not announce in the budget speech

 

Balochistan Employees DRA

 

  • DRA-2021 @ 15%
  • DRA-2022 @ 15%
  • 2025 – Budget not yet announced

 

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2 thoughts on “Disparity Reduction Allowance (DRA) All Provincial and Federal Employees Currently Getting

  1. Sounds like good deferential allowance 34% but reality not like that , Jo Sindh govt salary 2%5% zyada barhati thi scale revise k bad Jo increments me Jo adhock bharta Hy usko freez kia tha bawakoof banaya tha or Kuch nahi

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