The allowance has been increased from the existing 38 per cent to 42 per cent of the basic pay.
Chandigarh:
The Haryana government has announced a 4 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees who are drawing their salary as per the 7th Pay Commission framework.
According to Thursday’s order of the Finance Department of the Haryana government, DA has been increased from the existing rate of 38 per cent to 42 per cent of the basic pay with effect from January 1, 2023.
It states that the enhanced DA will be paid from the salary of April and arrears for the months of January to March, 2023 will be paid in the month of May.
In a separate order, the Finance Department said the state government has also increased the Dearness Relief (DR) by 4 per cent, which is payable to state government pensioners and family pensioners towards their pension/family pension as per the 7th Pay Commission framework. is due. ,
The order states that the DR has been increased from the existing rate of 38 per cent to 42 per cent of basic pension/family pension with effect from January 1, 2023.
As per the order, the increased DR will be paid along with the pension/family pension of April 2023 and the arrears for the month of January to March 2023 will be paid in the month of May.
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