North India Statesman
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7th Pay Commission: Odisha government 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 the dearness allowance of 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 applicable 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.
The central government had given the gift of 4 percent DA increase.
The central government has given a gift of 4 percent dearness allowance to the employees. The Union Cabinet has 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 deposited along with the salary at the end of March. The total outstanding of two months will also be added to this. This is the fourth consecutive time that dearness allowance has increased by 4 percent. Due to increase in dearness allowance, the burden on the government treasury will increase by Rs 12,868.72.
Earlier 4 states had increased DA
Earlier, the states of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Uttarakhand have given the gift of increased dearness allowance to the 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.
