Govt hikes DA by 3 pc for central employees
New Delhi Oct 21 PTI The Union Cabinet on Thursday hiked dearness allowance and dearness relief by 3 per cent to 31 per cent to benefit 4714 lakh central government employees and 6862 lakh pensionersThis was informed by Minister of Information Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur This decision to hike the allowance will put an annual burden of Rs 9488 crore on the exchequer Earlier in July the government had restored the dearness allowance DA and dearness relief DR and increased the rate of allowance from 17 per cent to 28 per cent In view of the COVID-19 pandemic the Union Government had frozen the three additional instalments of the DA and DR which were due from January 1 2020 July 1 2020 and January 1 2021 NKD CS BAL
New Delhi Oct 21 PTI The Union Cabinet on Thursday hiked dearness allowance and dearness relief by 3 per cent to 31 per cent to benefit 4714 lakh central government employees and 6862 lakh pensionersThis was informed by Minister of Information Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur This decision to hike the allowance will put an annual burden of Rs 9488 crore on the exchequer Earlier in July the government had restored the dearness allowance DA and dearness relief DR and increased the rate of allowance from 17 per cent to 28 per cent In view of the COVID-19 pandemic the Union Government had frozen the three additional instalments of the DA and DR which were due from January 1 2020 July 1 2020 and January 1 2021 NKD CS BAL
