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  • 11 per cent dearness allowance hike for Jharkhand government employees

    By Express News Service
    RANCHI: The Jharkhand Government on Tuesday announced a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for itsemployees. According to the decision taken during the Cabinet meeting, the new DA rate will be28 per cent, up from 17 per cent.

    The increase in DA will be applicable from July 1.Notably, the decision is in line with the decision taken by the Central Government earlier this month, under which it was decided to remove the ban on dearness allowance increasing from 17 per cent to 28 percent.With the increase of DA by 11 per cent more than 3.5 lakh government employees will be benefitted, at the same time the State government will bear an expense of Rs 1,000 crore on the exchequer.According to Cabinet Secretary, Vandana Dadel, “The State Government has decided to increase the DA of State government employees by 11 per cent. The DA will be hiked from existing 17 per cent to 28 per cent.”The hike in DA is seen as a double bonanza for State government employees as last month, the State Cabinet raised the government’s contribution to the National Pension Scheme to 14 per cent of basic salary from the current 10 per cent.​Approval for 19 proposals was given during the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.

  • Rajasthan approves up to 2 per cent increase in house rent allowance of government employees

    By PTI
    JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has approved an up to 2 percent increase to the house rent allowance given to government employees.

    Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has increased the house rent allowance payable to state employees on their basic pay from 16 percent to 18 percent in ‘Y’ category cities and from 8 percent to 9 percent in ‘Z’ category cities, an official statement said.

    The increase in house rent allowance will be applicable from July 1, 2021.

    The state government will bear the financial burden of more than Rs 400 crore on this.

    Earlier, an increase in the dearness allowances of government employees from the existing 17 per cent to 28 per cent was made applicable from July 1.

  • Good news for government employees, salary increase approval order issued

    The state government has taken a big decision for all government employees. The government has issued the salary increase approval order. It has been said in the issued order that pending the increment due on July 1 and January 1 and its payment process has been done.

    The government decided that the pay increase due on July 1 and January 1 should be accepted and paid.