The Department of Labour, Rajasthan, May 02, 2026, issued a notification regarding Variable Dearness Allowance payable according to the Engineering Wage Board recommendations.
The following has been stated:-
•The Labour Bureau introduced the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series with Base 2016=100 from September 2020, discontinuing the older CPI base series.
•For implementation of the Engineering Wage Board recommendations, Variable Dearness Allowance (VDA) continues to be calculated on the CPI Base 1949=100 using prescribed linking factors between different base years.
•The CPI for the period October 2022 to March 2023 was recalculated using linking factors 2.88, 4.63, 4.93, and 1.2154 to convert the 2016 series into the 1949 base series.
•The revised average CPI for October 2022 to March 2023 worked out to 10,601 points, compared to the previous average of 10,351 points for April 2022 to September 2022.
•As a result, there was an increase of 250 points in the average index, leading to a corresponding rise in Variable Dearness Allowance payable under the Engineering Wage Board recommendations.
The detailed notification is given in the document below.
[Notification No.: St/CPI/Eng. Wage Board/75/Pt./ 8746]
