7th Pay Commission Latest Update: DA, Salary Hiked For Govt Employees Of These States, Full List Here
7th Pay Commission Latest Update: DA, Salary Hiked For Govt Employees Of These States
7th Pay Commission Latest Update: The government employees of several states this month have received Independence Day bonanza. Starting from Maharashtra to Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh to Gujarat, the government employees this month witnessed a massive hike in their dearness allowance and subsequent salary hike.
On the other hand, the Central Government increase the DA/DR of the government employees based on the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. However, the DA hike from the Centre depends on the AICPI-IW data released by the Labour Bureau. As per media reports, the DA hike by the Centre is expected to be announced anytime soon.
Here’s a look at states where employees have already benefitted from the DA/DR hike in August:
Maharashtra: The dearness allowance (DA) for government employees in Maharashtra has increased by 3%, according to a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office. It stated that the choice was made during a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. It stated that the new DA would take effect in August itself. According to the CMO statement, the dearness allowance has been increased to 34% of the basic pay.
17 lakh employees will get benefit
The decision to increase DA was taken in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The changes made in DA will be applicable from 1 August. According to the information given by the Chief Minister’s Office, after this increase, DA hike has been now 34% of the basic pay. The decision taken by the government will benefit 17 lakh employees.
GUJARAT: Bhupendra Patel, the chief minister of Gujarat, declared that the DA for public employees will increase by 3% and that the National Food Security Act’s welfare programmes would be expanded (NFSA). Speaking after raising the national flag at Modasa in the Aravalli district at a state-level event to commemorate the nation’s 76th Independence Day, Patel urged people to prioritise their sense of patriotism above all else.
He announced a retroactive January 1, 2022, three percent rise in the DA for Gujarat government employees under the 7th Pay Commission. The benefit will be given to almost 9.38 lakh state government employees, panchayat employees, and pensioners, he said. According to him, this will result in an annual financial burden increase for the state government of roughly ₹1,400 crore.
TRIPURA: On August 3, a proposal for a 5% DA increase for state government employees and retirees with effect from July 1 was approved by the cabinet of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha. The choice was made in advance of the northeastern state’s upcoming assembly election in March of the following year.
MP: On August 1, the Madhya Pradesh government announced an increase in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for the state’s more than 7.5 lakh public employees, bringing it to 34%. According to a statement from the chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the increase will cost the exchequer an additional ₹625 crore.
“The government has agreed to increase the state employees’ DA to 34%, bringing them into line with the Central government. Over 7.5 lakh employees will gain from this, improving their lives, but it will cost the exchequer an additional ₹625 crore, according to Chouhan.
Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh government has also announced to increase dearness allowance by 6 %, giving good news to the employees of the state. After this decision, the government employees of Chhattisgarh will get 28 % dearness allowance. This will benefit 3.8 lakh employees. State government employees were taking the benefit of 22 % dearness allowance under the 7th Pay Commission and 174 % under the sixth pay commission.
Tamil Nadu hikes DA by 3%: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on August 15 announced a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowances (DA), from 31 per cent to 34 per cent, for state government employees and pensioners. Notably, the hike in DA and DR will lead to a burden of Rs 1947.6 crore to the exchequer and benefit 16 lakh employees in the state.