DA Hike: Big news for state government employees. The West Bengal government has announced an increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees. DA will increase by 18% under the Sixth Pay Commission and 10% under the Fifth Pay Commission. The increased DA will be effective from April 1, 2025.
A new notification was issued by the state government amidst the hearing of the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) case in the Supreme Court. The dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees is increasing by 10 percent. The state government has announced a new rate amid the hearing of the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) case in the Supreme Court.
Notification has been issued. Now the question is, when will the increased DA be effective? Big announcement for Navanna.The state government has announced that they will receive dearness allowance at the rate of 18 percent under the Sixth Pay Commission by the end of April.
The state government’s finance department has informed that the dearness allowance of state government employees who are covered by the Fifth Pay Commission is increasing by 10 percent. Navanna has announced that state government employees will receive an increased DA from April 1, 2025.
In 2022, the Calcutta High Court had ordered that the outstanding DA of state government employees should be cleared within three months. However, the state government did not follow that path. It approached the Supreme Court. Similarly, retired state government employees will get DR at the rate of 18 percent.
The DA case heard in the Supreme Court is a case of outstanding dearness allowance under the Fifth Pay Commission, a matter that has been the subject of a legal battle since 2016.
