The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Champai Soren approved the proposal to increase the dearness allowance of state government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners.
Recently, the Central Government had announced to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) of its employees from the current 46 percent to 50 percent of the basic salary from January 1 this year. Now two state governments have also given gifts to their employees. Let us tell you that Jharkhand government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees to 50 percent of the basic salary. Till now it was 46 percent. An official said on Tuesday that the increase in dearness allowance will be effective from January 1 this year. Along with this, today the Karnataka government has approved increasing the dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees from 38.75 percent to 42.5 percent.
Decision under the chairmanship of Champai Soren
The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Champai Soren approved the proposal to increase the dearness allowance of state government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners. Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel said, “Dearness allowance and dearness relief have been increased by four percent to 50 percent.” This increase will benefit 1.90 lakh employees and pensioners of the state.
Announcement before the announcement of elections
The Karnataka government has approved increasing the dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees from 38.75 percent to 42.5 percent. The state government gave this relief to the employees a few weeks before the announcement of Lok Sabha elections. An official statement said on Tuesday that dearness allowance of employees drawing central pay scale has been increased from 46 to 50 percent. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in a post on ‘X’ that this amendment will cost the state Rs 1,792.71 crore every year. This reflects our commitment to our employees.
