7th Pay Commission: There is big news for government employees. The Nitish government of Bihar has increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief of employees and pensioners from 31 to 34 percent. Employees will get the benefit of this increased allowance from January 1, 2022. Let’s know the latest updates.
7th Pay Commission: There is great news for government employees. The DA of the employees has increased once again. The Nitish government of Bihar has increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief of employees and pensioners from 31 to 34 percent. Employees will get the benefit of this increased allowance from January 1, 2022. This proposal of the Finance Department has been approved in the cabinet. With this, the DA of the employees of the state has also become equal to the DA of the central employees.
DA hike for government employees
It is worth noting that the Finance Ministry had proposed this in the cabinet, which has been approved. This decision of the government will put an additional burden of Rs 1133 crore annually on the state government. Along with this, the limit of Bihar Contingency Fund has been temporarily increased from 350 crores to 9500 crores till 30th March. Also, if the amount of grant increases in the grain procurement work, then the department will have the right to approve it by not sending it again to the cabinet. Many important decisions have been taken in the cabinet.
Big decisions taken in cabinet meeting
In the meeting, an extension of three years has been given to the nominated agency for providing coal to the industries at reasonable prices. At the same time, 43 crore has been approved for the purchase of fire fighting vehicles. Apart from this, three crore 23 lakh have been approved in the financial year 2022-23 for the office of Investment Commissioner based in Mumbai.
14 agendas stamped
Many important decisions have been taken in the Bihar cabinet meeting. A total of 14 agendas have been stamped in the meeting. The new excise policy has been passed in the cabinet meeting. At the same time, the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ has also been made tax free. The new liquor policy in Bihar has also got the approval of the cabinet. Under this, if someone is caught drinking alcohol for the first time, then he will be released with a fine.
