3% DA hike for govt employees, pensioners
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Gandhinagar : The Gujarat government on Sunday announced that state government employees and pensioners will get a 3% hike in dearness allowance (DA) with effect from July 1, 2021. Around 9. 38 lakh government employees and pensioners will get the benefit of this decision, a government release said.
The arrears with effect from July 1, 2021 till date will be paid in two
instalments with the first one in May 2022 and the second in June 2022, the statement said.
Only those employees who are getting benefits of the 7 th pay commission will be eligible for this DA hike, the statement said. The state government will bear an additional financial burden of Rs 1,217. 44 crore because of the announcement.
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