7th Pay Commission: Diwali bonanza For Karnataka state employees as DA hikes by 3%

Karnataka state government has announced a hike in the dearness allowance (DA) by 3%. 

New Delhi: In what could be good news for Karnataka government employees, the state government, on Wednesday (October 27), announced a hike in the dearness allowance (DA) by 3%. With the latest revision, the state government employees will receive DA at the rate of 24.5 per cent of their basic pay, up from 21.5 per cent. 

The latest DA hike is the second in the ongoing financial year. The State Finance Department has announced that the DA hike will come into effect retrospectively from July 1. This means that employees will receive DA arrears for the month of July, August, and September 2021. 

Besides government employees, pensioners will also benefit from the move. The DA hike will apply to “full-time government employees, employees of Zilla Panchayats, work-charged employees on regular time scales of pay, full-time employees of aided educational institutions and universities who are on regular time scales of pay.” the department said in its official order.