DA Hike: Ahead of festival season, many state government employees become happy. Many state governments have also announced to give DA to their employees. The state government of Tripura has announced the highest DA compared to other states. The state government of Tripura has decided to give 5% DA to 1,88,000 employees and pensioners.
When will it be implemented?
Sushanta Chowdhury, Minister of Food and Civil Supplies Transport in the Government of Tripura, said that to provide assistance to the employees, we have decided to give Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to 1,88,000 employees. Both will come into effect on November 1, 2024.
5% of the income will be paid more
Due to this gift to the employees, the financial burden of more than Rs 500 crore will be incurred on the state government of Tripura. According to the finance department, there are 1.6 lakh government employees in Tripura, while there are 82,000 pensioners. All of them will be paid 5% more of the income by the government.
DA was also announced in these states
Not only Tripura, many other state governments also announced the DA of government employees.
Uttarakhand: The state government of Uttarakhand has increased the dearness allowance given to the employees by 3 percent. Government employees will also get a maximum bonus of up to Rs 7,000.
Uttar Pradesh: The state government of Uttar Pradesh has also given gifts to employees on Diwali. The government has announced to give an inflation allowance of 3 percent; since then, there has been a wave of happiness among the government employees.
Punjab: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has also given gifts to government employees. A 4 percent increase has been announced in their salary.