CM announces 3% DA hike, Diwali bonus for employees

CM announces 3% DA hike, Diwali bonus for employees

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Jaipur:22.10.2021

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced a 3 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) and ad-hoc bonuses for the state government employees ahead of Diwali. This decision was taken after the Centre approved a 3 per cent hike in DA and dearness relief (DR) for central government employees and pensioners.

“The chief minister has approved a 3% increase in DA for state government employees and dearness relief (DR) payable to pensioners on the lines of central government employees. Now, DA and DR will be payable to the state employees and pensioners at 31% from July 1, 2021. Earlier, the DA rate was 28% for state employees and pensioners,” an official statement read.

About 8 lakh employees, who are drawing salaries on the basis of Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Salary) Rules-2017, and 4.40 lakh pensioners will get the benefit of this decision. Apart from state employees, the employees of panchayat samitis and zila parishads will also benefit from this decision.

The increased amount of DA - from July 1 to September 30 - will be deposited in their general provident fund accounts. It will be paid in cash in October salary.

The state government will bear a financial burden of nearly Rs1,230 crore annually for the hike. Similarly, Gehlot has also approved ad-hoc Diwali bonuses for about 6 lakh employees in the state. This benefit will be provided to state employees drawing pay in the Pay Matrix Level-12 or Grade Pay-4800 and below. State Service Officers (Gazetted) will not get this benefit. The bonus will also be paid to panchayat samiti, zila parishad and work-charged employees.

The ad-hoc bonus will be calculated for the year 2020-21 on the basis of maximum emoluments of Rs 7,000 and a month of 31 days. It will be payable for a period of 30 days. In this way, each employee will get a maximum ad-hoc bonus of Rs 6,774.

This time, 50 per cent of the bonus amount will be paid in cash and the remaining 50 per cent will be deposited in their general provident fund accounts. The state government will bear an additional financial burden of Rs 500 crore on this.