With this hike in DA, state employees would now be getting an increment of 18 per cent of the DA, which however, was still to bridge the gap of 35 per cent of DA that the central government employees are getting.
Granting the state government’s request for time to submit a response clarifying the state's position, the court stayed the removal of the Dearness Allowance (DA).
The increased DA will be effective from March 1, 2024. The state government will also pay the last installment of the arrears to the officials and employees under the seventh pay scale.
With an increase of four per cent, dearness allowance will reach to 50 per cent. About 11.5 lakh employees, 8 lakh teachers and 15.5 lakh pensioners will benefit from this.
Starting July 1, 2023, the rates will increase to 39 per cent from 36 per cent.
The cabinet had authorized CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to take a decision on increasing the DA of the personnel.
The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and dearness relief to its pensioners by four per cent from January 1, 2023.
As a measure on the issue of pending dearness allowance arrears, government employees in West Bengal will go on a mass leave on March 30.
Chief Minister said the protesting Opposition that they can behead her but she can't do anything to increase the dearness allowance.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that people employed on minimum wages in the unorganised sector should also get the benefits of the dearness allowances.
