State Government DA Hike: The Central Government had already said about the DA hike. Now some of the states across India have started to announce their decision on the DA hike. We are going to talk about some of those states, where the state government employees go DA hike news like a festival gift. This will definitely help the employees and pensioners’s family financially.
DA hike in Tripura
We can start the article by mentioning Tripura. The Tripura government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) by 5 per cent to 1.88 lakh employees and pensioners under the 7th Pay Commission. After the new rates, the dearness allowance has increased from 25 percent to 30 percent.
DA hike in Punjab
Recently, the Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab has increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief by four percent, after which the DA has increased from 38% to 42%. The new rates will be applicable from 1 November 2024, so the salary will increase in the account from December. This decision of the Punjab Government will benefit more than 6.50 lakh employees pensioners. Earlier in December 2023, the DA was increased by 4%, after which the DA was increased from 34% to 38%. Now again the state government has increased by 4%, although compared to the center, the DA of state employees is still 11% less, because currently the central employees are getting the benefit of 53% DA.
DR hike in MP
The Madhya Pradesh government has increased the dearness relief (DR) of pensioners taking advantage of the 7th pay scale by 4%, after which the DR has increased from 46% to 50%, while the dearness relief of pensioners taking advantage of the sixth pay scale has been increased by 9%, after which the DR has increased from 230% to 239%. The new rates will be applicable from October 2024, so the pension will increase in the account from November. This will benefit 4.50 lakh pensioners.