Just ahead of Holi comes a glad tidings for the state government employees of Madhya Pradesh. On Saturday, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that his government is has decided to increase the Dearness Allowance of state government employees with effect from April. The dearness allowance shall be increased to 31%.
DA Hike, Ladli Laxmi Scheme
In addition to this, additional Rs 25,000 shall be given by the state government to the girl students under the Ladli Laxmi scheme on taking admission to colleges.
He said that “We’ve decided to increase the DA of government employees to 31 %, whose payment will start from the month of April. We will give additional Rs 25,000 to girl students under the Ladli Laxmi scheme on taking admission in the college”.
He clarified that it was due to the coronavirus situation due to which the state could not give full DA to the government employees. Now that the situation is returning to normal, the state has decided to give 31% DA.
Central Govt Employees May Also Receive DA Hike : Reports
It is also reported that by the end of March, the central government employees could also receive a hike in Dearness Allowance (DA). This shall significantly increase their salaries. Along with the March salary, the Central government is likely to transfer the money of the increased DA hike and arrears of the last two months, said the reports.
As of now, the employees of central government are getting the DA at 31 percent, which will be increased to 34 percent. Going by this, the Central government employees may get benefits ranging from Rs 73,440 to Rs 2,32,152.
For the unaware, the Dearness Allowance is given by the government to its employees as well as its pensioners in order to offset the inflation. The last time, the Central employees were given the DA in July and October 2021. The Cabinet had in October hiked DA and dearness relief by 3 percent to 31 percent to benefit 47.14 lakh central government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners.
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