Hike in Dearness Allowance has been announced for employees and pensioners of Uttarakhand. Here’s what the government announcement says…
New Delhi: The new year has begun with ‘good news’ for employees and pensioners of the government, especially those who are from Uttarakhand. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushka Singh Dhami has sanctioned the hike of Dearness Allowance for employees and pensioners of the state. According to the order of the State Finance Department, there has been a hike of four percent in the dearness allowance of state employees as well as pensioners. Before this, in an official release on December 31 2023, a DA hike was announced for employees working in the administrative departments of public undertakings and corporations. Read to know details of latest announcement…
Uttarakhand Govt Announces DA Hike
As mentioned earlier, after the approval of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the State Finance Department has issued orders for a 4 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) to state employees and pensioners. With this order, the DA of employees has increased from 42 to 46 per cent in the state. Earlier, the Uttarakhand government announced to increase DA for employees working in the administrative departments of public undertakings and corporations, according to an official release on December 31, 2023.
According to an official release from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), “The benefits of the orders issued by Secretary Vinay Shankar Pandey will be available to the employees drawing the fifth and sixth pay scales as well as the employees drawing the seventh revised pay scale.”As per the release, the dearness allowance of employees drawing from the seventh revised pay scale was increased from 38 per cent to 42 per cent.
“While the dearness allowance of employees drawing fifth and sixth pay scales was increased from 212 per cent to 221 per cent and from 396 per cent to 412 per cent, respectively,” said the release. Along with this, the allowance for the employees on the sixth pay scale who are being given a dearness allowance as of July 1, 2022, has been increased from 203 per cent to 212 per cent.
(Inputs from ANI)