Government employees across the country are looking towards the government in the hope of issuing an order to increase dearness allowance.
The patience of the government employees is breaking and now they are thinking of the taking the path of agitation.
On the other hand, the Hemant Soren government of Jharkhand had taken a big decision regarding the dearness allowance of government employees in a recent cabinet meeting.
In the meeting, the government approved the proposal to increase the dearness allowance of the employees by 9 percent.
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The Hemant Soren government took this decision in the cabinet meeting held on 29 August.
Let us tell you that under the sixth central pay scale in Jharkhand, government employees used to get a dearness allowance of 230%. After which now the government has decided to increase it by 9 percent i.e. 239%.
Apart from this, like the Jharkhand Police, it was also decided to honour the families of the martyred Agniveers of Jharkhand.
Hemant Soren said, “The Government of India has brought the Agniveer scheme. What happened in the country in protest against it is not hidden from anyone. Today his government has decided that the families of the martyred Agniveers of Jharkhand will get respect like the Jharkhand Police.”
How much DA increased
Let us tell you that 44 proposals were approved in the cabinet meeting held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
It was decided in the meeting that the rates of dearness allowance will be increased for the employees of the state government from January 1, 2024, under the Sixth Central Pay Commission.
Announcement by state government
The new rates of the DA have been increased from 230 percent to 239 percent announced by Jharkhand Government. The employees will be soon get the benefit of these new rates with recovery.