The Labour Bureau announced index number (IW) for the period of July 2020, August 2020 and September 2020 as under
| July 2020 | August 2020 | September 2020 |
| 336 (Base year 2001=100) | 338 (Base year 2001=100) | 118 (Base year 2016=100) |
Based on the CPI announced, the average index number works out to 7633 (base 1960=100). It means Dearness Allowance for the bank staff will be 818 slabs (81.80 %) or an increase of 4.30% over the previous Quarter.
Dearness allowance chart for clerical staff from November 2020 to January 2021 is as under.
| Revised | Previous | Increase | ||||
| Stage | Basic | Spl.All. | Total | 81.80% | 77.50% | 4.30% |
| 1 | 11765 | 912 | 12677 | 10369.79 | 9824.68 | 545.11 |
| 2 | 12420 | 963 | 13383 | 10947.29 | 10371.83 | 575.47 |
| 3 | 13075 | 1013 | 14088 | 11523.98 | 10918.20 | 605.78 |
| 4 | 13730 | 1064 | 14794 | 12101.49 | 11465.35 | 636.14 |
| 5 | 14545 | 1127 | 15672 | 12819.70 | 12145.80 | 673.90 |
| 6 | 15360 | 1190 | 16550 | 13537.90 | 12826.25 | 711.65 |
| 7 | 16175 | 1254 | 17429 | 14256.92 | 13507.48 | 749.45 |
| 8 | 17155 | 1330 | 18485 | 15120.73 | 14325.88 | 794.86 |
| 9 | 18135 | 1405 | 19540 | 15983.72 | 15143.50 | 840.22 |
| 10 | 19115 | 1481 | 20596 | 16847.53 | 15961.90 | 885.63 |
| 11 | 20095 | 1557 | 21652 | 17711.34 | 16780.30 | 931.04 |
| 12 | 21240 | 1646 | 22886 | 18720.75 | 17736.65 | 984.10 |
| 13 | 22385 | 1735 | 24120 | 19730.16 | 18693.00 | 1037.16 |
| 14 | 23530 | 1824 | 25354 | 20739.57 | 19649.35 | 1090.22 |
| 15 | 24675 | 1912 | 26587 | 21748.17 | 20604.93 | 1143.24 |
| 16 | 25820 | 2001 | 27821 | 22757.58 | 21561.28 | 1196.30 |
| 17 | 26965 | 2090 | 29055 | 23766.99 | 22517.63 | 1249.37 |
| 18 | 28110 | 2179 | 30289 | 24776.40 | 23473.98 | 1302.43 |
| 19 | 30230 | 2343 | 32573 | 26644.71 | 25244.08 | 1400.64 |
| 20 | 31540 | 2444 | 33984 | 27798.91 | 26337.60 | 1461.31 |
| 21 | 32850 | 2546 | 35396 | 28953.93 | 27431.90 | 1522.03 |
| 22 | 34160 | 2647 | 36807 | 30108.13 | 28525.43 | 1582.70 |
| 23 | 35470 | 2749 | 38219 | 31263.14 | 29619.73 | 1643.42 |
| 24 | 36780 | 2850 | 39630 | 32417.34 | 30713.25 | 1704.09 |
| 25 | 38090 | 2952 | 41042 | 33572.36 | 31807.55 | 1764.81 |
| 26 | 39400 | 3054 | 42454 | 34727.37 | 32901.85 | 1825.52 |
| 27 | 40710 | 3155 | 43865 | 35881.57 | 33995.38 | 1886.20 |
| 28 | 42020 | 3257 | 45277 | 37036.59 | 35089.68 | 1946.91 |
