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Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%

The move will benefit about 4.8 million central government employees and 6.9 million pensioners and will be effective from January 1, 2022.

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3% hike in DA for Central govt staff, pensioners effective Jan 1, 2022

This will benefit about 4.76 mn central government employees and 6.86 mn pensioners

Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%

The central government has hiked the dearness allowance for its employees by 3 per cent, PTI reported on Wednesday citing a cabinet decision.

Don't bank just on EPS as its pension payouts are paltry, say analysts

At present, it is mandatory for employees who earn a basic salary plus dearness allowance (DA) of up to Rs 15,000 to enrol in EPS

Odisha govt hikes DA by 3%, to benefit 750,000 employees, pensioners

Following the hike, the government employees will now get 31 per cent DA

Uttar Pradesh govt raises DA for govt staff from 28% to 31%

The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees from 28 per cent to 31 per cent

Labour Min hikes minimum wages for central sphere workers from Oct 1

The average CPI-IW for the months of January to June, 2021 was used for undertaking the latest VDA revision

Karnataka govt raises dearness allowance from 21.5% to 24.5%

The raise will kick in with retrospective effect from July 1

Dearness Allowance hike to 31% effective from July 1: FinMin

The decision will benefit millions of central government employees and pensioners

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Centre approves 3% Dearness Allowance hike for central govt employees

After this hike, the DA will increase to 31%; the move will benefit 4.7 mn employees and 6.8 mn pensioners

Odisha hikes DA by 11%; 400,000 employees, 350,000 pensioners to benefit

The employees will get their increased salary from October and they will also get the three months' hiked DA in cash.

Pensioners body seeks PM intervention in release of DA, DR arrears

Bharatiya Pensioners Manch (BMS) has sought intervention of PM for the release of dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) arrears for central govt employees and pensioners at the earliest

DA hike for Tamil Nadu govt employees advanced to Jan 1, 2022: CM Stalin

The enhanced Dearness Allowance to government employees and pensioners would be advanced by three months and it shall be implemented with effect from January 1, 2022, CM M K Stalin announced

Gujarat govt hikes Dearness Allowance for staff, pensioners to 28%

The Gujarat government on Monday approved an increase of 11 per cent in Dearness Allowance to state government employees and pensioners with retrospective effect from July 1

Himachal CM announces 6% extra DA for state govt employees, pensioners

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced six per cent additional dearness allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners retrospectively from July 1.

Haryana govt increases dearness allowance from current 17% to 28%

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday announced to increase the rate of dearness allowance from 17 per cent to 28 per cent.

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