Tamil Nadu publicizes 4% DA hike for State authorities staff, lecturers, pensioners
seventh Pay Commission: The MK Stalin-led Tamil Nadu authorities has introduced the second DA hike in 2023. Earlier in May this yr, the state authorities had introduced that the state has authorized a 4 per cent hike in seventh Pay Commission Dearness Allowance (DA) for state authorities staff and pensioners.
On Wednesday, Tamil Nadu government introduced a 4% improve in DA (Dearness Allowance) for State authorities staff, lecturers and pensioners with retrospective impact from July 1 this yr.
The DA was elevated from 42 per cent to 46 per cent. This improve is in accordance with the accepted components, primarily based on the suggestions of the 7th Pay Commission.
According to an official launch, the announcement is predicted to profit about 16 lakh State government employees, lecturers, pensioners and household pensioners. The State exchequer will incur a further expenditure of ₹2,546.16 crore to fund this.
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Other DA hikes
The transfer comes after the Union Government, final week, elevated the Dearness Allowance for Central govt staff and Dearness Relief for pensioners elevated by 4%. According to experiences, the choice will profit 48.67 lakh central authorities staff and 67.95 lakh pensioners.
Further, the Railway Board additionally introduced that it has revised the dearness allowance for its staff from 42 % to 46 % of the fundamental pay efficient from July 1, 2023.
The dearness allowance for workers and pensioners is labored out on the premise of the most recent Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW) introduced out by the Labour Bureau each month.
Karnataka DA hike
The Karnataka authorities on Saturday introduced rising the dearness allowance for the state authorities staff by 3.75 per cent.
In an order, the federal government mentioned it was revising the dearness allowance from the prevailing 35 per cent to 38.75 per cent.
The authorities additionally introduced the lecturers on UGC/AICTE/ICAR scale and the judicial officers will get a hike of 4 per cent of their DA.
With the hike, the state authorities will spend a further ₹1,109 crore.
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Updated: 25 Oct 2023, 04:54 PM IST