Before the central employees, 1 lakh 80 thousand employees of Himachal Pradesh have received good news. The government has announced a 4 percent increase in dearness allowance (DA). Apart from this, instructions have been given to release salary and pension before time.
DA Hike: Central employees in the country are eagerly waiting for the increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) from the government. At the same time, the Himachal Pradesh government has given a big gift to its 1.80 lakh employees before Diwali. The government has announced a 4 percent increase on the eve of Dussehra, due to which there is an atmosphere of happiness among the state employees and pensioners. Apart from this, in view of the festival of Diwali, the government has announced the release of salary and pension to the employees and pensioners before time.
Salary and pension will be available before time
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Friday announced the release of 4% pending Dearness Allowance (DA) for 1.80 lakh government employees and 1.70 lakh pensioners from January 1, 2023. The release of pending dearness allowance will put an additional burden of Rs 600 crore on the state treasury every year. Employees and pensioners will be released their salary and pension on October 28 instead of November 1 and 9 respectively.
Medical bills cleared
Talking to reporters, the CM said, all pending medical bills of employees and retirees have been cleared, for which a provision of Rs 10 crore has already been made. Issuing directions to the concerned departments to clear all pending medical bills this month itself, the CM said that for this purpose, adequate budget will be made available to the departments as per their demand.
Arrears will be cleared for pensioners above 75 years of age
Apart from this, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has also announced to pay the entire amount of pending arrears to pensioners above 75 years of age. For this, a total of Rs 202 crore will be spent on salary and pension arrears in this financial year. At the same time, an announcement was also made regarding the release of an additional installment of Rs 20,000 of arrears for class IV government employees. He said in a statement that Himachal Pradesh will become self-reliant by the year 20227 and there is no such financial shortage as is being reported in the media by national and state BJP leaders.
Targeting BJP
He took a dig at Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur for “spreading lies” about shortage of funds and “misleading” the Prime Minister and the BJP national president. He said the BJP has left no stone unturned to “spread misinformation” about the financial health of the state. He said the release of dues including dearness allowance and arrears is proof that the state government is committed to addressing the grievances of its employees and there is no such financial crisis as of now.
