The hike will benefit about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 62.03 lakh pensioners.
Last August, government had approved an increase of 2% in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for the central government employees, effective from July 1, 2018, over the existing rate of 7% of the basic pay or pension in order to "compensate for price rise".
Previously, in March 2018, the Cabinet had increased DA from 5% to 7% in accordance with the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission.
Thus with increased income they can consider opening a SIP or can consider using hot stock of the day to add more profit to their income.