Mamata government has issued a notification to give Dearness Allowance (DA) to government employees. This notification has been issued by the Finance Department of Bengal Government on Thursday evening. According to the notification, the Governor has approved the decision to grant DA after examining all the aspects. CM had announced this on 21 December.
Employees DA Hike 2024: There is good news for lakhs of government employees of West Bengal. The Mamata Banerjee government of the state has issued a notification regarding 4 percent increase in dearness allowance. Under this, the government employees of the state will get the benefit of 10 percent DA from January 1, 2024, although it is 36 percent less as compared to the Center and other states. , because at present the central employees are getting the benefit of 46% DA.
In December, CM had announced to increase DA by 4 percent.
In fact, at the inauguration of ‘Kolkata Christmas Carnival 2023’ in Park Street area at the end of December, CM Mamata Banerjee had announced that all 14 lakh employees of the state government, teaching and non-teaching staff of all schools, colleges and universities will Employees, employees of all government undertakings and pensioners will get another installment of four percent DA from January 1, 2024. For the increase in DA, the state government will have to bear an additional expenditure of Rs 2,400 crore. For us, DA is not mandatory but optional. Keeping in mind the well-being of the employees, we are increasing DA by 4%.
After the approval of the Governor, the Finance Department issued orders
After this announcement by CM Mamata Banerjee, the notification to give Dearness Allowance (DA) to government employees has been issued by the Finance Department. According to the notification, the Governor has approved the decision to grant DA after examining all the aspects. Under this, pensioners of government employees, government approved educational institutions, autonomous bodies, Panchayats under the government and Panchayat personnel, municipal corporations, municipalities, local boards and retired government employees and their families will get the benefit. Till this time, the state government The employees of the company used to get DA at the rate of six percent but now they will get the benefit of DA at the rate of 10 percent. The new rates will be applicable from January 1, 2024.
