The chief minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced to hike the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 4% from 42% to 46%, Which is a Significant benefit to their state government employees as well as pensioners. Before this, in an official release on December 31 2023, a DA hike was announced for employees working in the administrative departments of public undertakings and corporations. The said benefit will be considered from 1st July 2023.
Step of Central Government:
Such announcement follows the decision of central government. Central Government hiked DA by 4% on 18th October 2023 which will benefit 48.67 lakh emplyess and 67.95 lakh pensioners.