State govt hikes DA from 17% to 28%

State govt hikes DA from 17% to 28%

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Gandhinagar:

Here’s some good news for government employees.

The state government has accepted the long-pending demand of employee associations to raise the dearness allowance of government employees and pensioners. Nitin Patel, who is deputy chief minister, finance minister and spokesperson of the state government, said that the state government has decided to raise the DA from present 17% to 28%. The increased benefit will be applicable from September salary.

“The Centre raised the DA by 11% from July so we have decided to raise the DA of state government employees in the same way. Arrears of July will be paid in October before the Diwali while the August arrears will be paid in January 2022. The additional monthly burden on the exchequer will be Rs 378 crore. The state government has 9.6 lakh employees and pensioners. Panchayat and other government category employees will get similar benefits,” Patel said.