Tuesday, September 18, 2018

State govt workers’ DA hiked by 2%

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:18.09.2018

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday gave a festival bonanza to its employees by increasing the dearness allowance (DA) by 2%. Government employees used to get 7% DA, which has been hiked to 9% from July 1.

“The minimum increase in salary for government employees will be ₹314 and maximum will be ₹4,500 per month. Similarly for pensioners, the minimum increase will be ₹157 and maximum ₹2,250,” said chief minister K Palaniswami in a press release.

Apart from government employees, teachers, officials in local bodies and several others — amounting to a total of 18 lakh employees — will benefit from the DA increase.

“The increase is expected to raise the salary and pension expenditure by ₹1,157 crore. All employees will get the arrears from July in their September salary,” said the chief minister.

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