U’khand govt hikes DA of employees by 3 per cent – myuttarakhandnews.com | Uttarakhand News in English | Dehradun News Today| News Uttarakhand | Uttarakhand latest news

PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE / Dehradun After announcing Deepawali bonus, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave another gift to the State government employees and  pensioners by increasing Dearness Allowance (DA) by three per cent. The employees and pensioners will now get 63 per cent DA of their basic salary.  The decision will benefit about two lakh employees and 1.25 lakh pensioners of the State government.  The revised DA would be applicable from July 1 this year. The employees would receive the arrear of the increased salary for the period of July 01 to October 31,2026 as arrear.  The order would be applicable to all employees of the State government, aided teaching institutes, workers of the local bodies and the recipients of the University Grants Commission (UGC) scales.  The increase in the DA would put an additional burden of about Rs 600 crores on the State exchequer. The salaries of the employees would witness an increase of Rs 1000 to Rs 8,000 after the increase in DA.  Following the recent hike in the DA by the central government, the Uttarakhand government employees were waiting for a similar hike.