7th Pay Commission Update: The government (Odisha State Government) has increased the DA and DR of the employees. Now Odisha employees will also get the benefit of 31% DA and DR like central employees. Let’s know the details.
New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission Update: In the last months of last year, the employees have got good news one after the other. Whether it is central government employees or state government, there has been a bumper increase in the salary of everyone. Now in this sequence, there is good news (7th Pay Commission Latest News) for the employees in the new year also. The government has once again increased the DA and DR of the employees by 3%. This increase will be applicable from 1st July 2021. Let us know its details.
3% hike in DA and DR
Actually, the central government has already increased the DA of its employees to 31%. Now in this sequence, the Odisha State Government has also increased the DA and DR of the employees. Now Odisha employees will also get the benefit of 31% DA and DR like central employees.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has announced a 3% hike in Dearness Allowance for state employees and pensioners. According to the information given by the Chief Minister’s Office, about 7.5 lakh employees and pensioners of the state have benefited from this decision.
Seal on 30 percent
Significantly, the state government has also decided to give 30 percent arrears to the employees under the 7th Pay Commission. The employees will get arrears of 50 percent of the increased wages between January 2016 and August 2017. Six lakh employees of the state will benefit from this decision. That is, from the beginning of the new year, the employees have become bat-bat.
After the increase made by the state government, now the dearness allowance of the employees has become 31% of the basic salary. Let us tell you that this increase will be applicable from July 1, 2021.
Central government can also increase
It is worth noting that the central government can once again increase the DA of central employees. The December figures of the AICPI index have been revealed. According to this dearness allowance has been increased to 34 percent. That is, according to this, there has been an increase of 2 percent in it. If the DA of the employees is increased again, then their salary will increase once again. That is, the total DA will increase by 3% to 34 percent. It can be paid from the new financial year.
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