7th Pay Commission: Uttarakhand hikes dearness allowance for government employees by 11%
Zee News
The step to hike the dearness allowance for Uttrakhand government employees was approved by the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
New Delhi: In good news, the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Friday (September 25) approved to increase the dearness allowance for state government employees. Cabinet Minister Subodh Uniyal said that the state government employees and pensioners will get the revised DA with retrospective effect from July 1.
The decision to increase the DA for Uttrakhand government employees was approved by the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The chief minister had decided to lift the freeze on payment of DA to the state government employees on August 25.
With the recent increase, the DA will now be paid at a 28 per cent rate. All the state government employees and pensioners will receive revised DA along with the arrears of the past two months - July and August.
