7th Pay Commission: Employees of Odisha state will get dearness allowance increased by 4 percent. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced 4 percent dearness allowance today (14 March).
7th Pay Commission: The government of Odisha has given a big gift to its government employees before Holi. Odisha government has increased the dearness allowance for its employees to 4 percent. Employees of Odisha state will get dearness allowance increased by 4 percent. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced 4 percent dearness allowance today (14 March). The state government has announced dearness allowance for government employees and dearness relief for pensioners. Now dearness allowance for employees in the state of Odisha has increased from 46 percent to 50 percent.
DA will be applicable from January 1
According to the information received from the Odisha state government, this dearness allowance will be implemented from January 1, 2024. Both dearness allowance and dearness relief will be applicable from January 1, 2024. This step of the state government will benefit 4.5 lakh state employees and 3.5 lakh pensioners.
Hon’ble CM announces 4% DA Hike for Govt Employees & Pensioners.
CM Sri Naveen Patnaik today announced 4% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (TI) for Govt employees and pensioners.
The State Government announced release of 4 percent additional dose of…
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) March 14, 2024
Central government had given the gift of 4% DA increase
The central government has given a gift of 4 percent dearness allowance to the employees. The Union Cabinet approved 4 percent increase in dearness allowance. Now employees will get 50 percent dearness allowance. This dearness allowance will be applicable from January 1, 2024.
It will be credited along with the salary at the end of March. A total of two months arrears will also be added to this. This is the fourth consecutive time that dearness allowance has increased by 4 percent. The increase in dearness allowance will increase the burden on the government exchequer by Rs 12,868.72.
Earlier 4 states increased DA
Earlier, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Uttarakhand have given the gift of increased dearness allowance to the state employees. All these states have given the gift of 4 percent additional dearness allowance. Now the employees of these states will get 4 percent more dearness allowance.
