Payment of DA to Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) No. 1(2)/2004/D(Pay/Services) Government of India Ministry of Defence New Delhi, the 18th, September ,   2018 To The Chief of the Army Staff The Chief of the Air Staff The Chief of Naval Staff Subject: Payment of Dearness Allowance to Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank including NCs(E) - Revised rates effective from 01.07. 2018. Sir, I am directed to refer to this Ministry's letter No. 1(2)/2004- D(Pay/Services) dated 28th March 2018, on the subject cited above and to say that the President is pleased to decide that the Dearness Allowance payable to Armed Forces Officers and Personnel Below Officer Rank, including Non-Combatants (Enrolled), shall be enhanced from the existing rate of 7% to 9% with effect from 01.07. 2018. 2. The term 'basic pay' in the revised pay structure means the pay drawn in the prescribed Level in the Pay Matrix as per 7th CPC recommenda...