7th Pay Commission: DA Hike Recently Announced for These Government Employees, View Full List
7th Pay Commission: Yogi Adityanath government recently announced 4% increase in DA for state government employees as Holi gift.
7th Pay Commission: After the Center announced a DA hike for government employees last week, several states have also recently announced similar hikes for their employees to give them a big boost amid rising inflation in the country. This will certainly raise cheers among these government employees as their loved ones benefits have been increased by 4%. View the list of states that have increased DA for their state employees here.
UP Govt increases DA by 4%
The Yogi Adityanath government on March 11 announced a 4% DA hike for the state government employees as Holi gift. Besides DA, the state government has also increased Dearness Relief for pensioners by 4 percent. The state government’s move will benefit around 10 lakh employees, 12 lakh pensioners and 8 lakh teachers of Uttar Pradesh.
The state government said in a statement that the revised DA will be effective from January 2024 and the Yogi government will soon issue a notification in this regard. It is to be noted that the increase in dearness allowance will place an additional burden of Rs 314 crore on the state government.
Now that the DA has been increased, the net salary of state employees will now increase. Currently, the duration allowance is 46 percent, which will increase to 50 percent after the latest revision by the state government.
Govt Gujarat increases DA by 4%
The Gujarat government last week announced a Holi bonanza for the state employees and increased their duration allowance by 4%. In addition, the state government has also increased its NPS contribution by 4 percent and will calculate LTC cash conversion based on the 7th Pay Commission. This change will come into effect from today.
With the new DA increase, the total duration allowance of state government employees will increase to 46 percent. The new DA increase will come into effect from January 1 and government employees will be given arrears for the past eight months.
The Gujarat government said the latest move will help around 4.45 lakh state government employees and 4.63 lakh pensioners.
Uttarakhand increases DA by 4%
In January this year, the Uttarakhand government increased the Dearness Allowance for its employees by 4%. This latest DA increase increases the total DA from 42 percent per month to 46 percent.
The state government said the revised DA will come into effect from July 1, 2023 and the arrears will be paid in cash to the beneficiaries. The Uttarakhand government said the latest hike will be applicable to state government employees and regularized and full-time employees of aided educational and technical educational institutions.