7th Pay Commission Update: Government has increased the DA and DR of the employees by 3%
7th Pay Commission Update: The government has increased the DA and DR of the employees by 3%. The government has also announced to give 20 percent DA arrears to the employees under the 7th Pay Commission. There is good news for government employees that the government has once again increased the DA and DR of the employees by 3%. This increase will be implemented from 1 July 2021.
Will get DA arrears
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has issued instructions to release the last 20% of the 7th Pay Commission dues on Monday. Earlier, 80 per cent of the dues have been paid. About 4 lakh employees will benefit from this decision of the state government. This information was given in a note issued by the CMO.
Good news for employees
According to the information, the Chief Minister has issued instructions to release 20 percent arrears of salary according to the Seventh Pay Commission. With this, the state government employees will get the full amount of arrears under the 7th Pay Commission. While earlier 80% dues had been released, this would benefit about 4 lakh government employees. An additional budget of Rs 850 crore was proposed to meet this expenditure.
3% hike in DA and DR
Actually, the central government has already reduced the DA of its employees to 31%. Now in this direction, the Odisha State Government has also increased the DA and DR of the employees. Odisha employees will also get 31% DA and DR like central employees. This decision will benefit about 7.5 lakh employees and pensioners of the state.
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