Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has approved the announcement made during his address in the UP Assembly. This will directly benefit 28 lakh employees and pensioners.
The government has issued an order to give 11 percent dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) to the employees and pensioners from July 1, 2021. This decision of the government will benefit about 28 lakh employees and pensioners of the state.
On the basis of the decision of the Central Government, the State Government had banned the increase in the installment of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief in January-2020, July-2020 and January-2021, citing the Kovid-19 epidemic. At that time, 17 percent DA and DR were being paid to the employees. Since then, personnel and pensioners are getting DA and DR at the rate of 17 percent.
The Central Government had recently increased the rate of DA and DR from the existing 17 percent to 28 percent and decided to pay it from July 1, 2021. After the permission of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Additional Chief Secretary Finance S. Radha Chouhan on Tuesday issued an order to increase dearness allowance and dearness relief by 11 percent from July 1, 2021, at the rate of 28 percent.
With this order, state employees, aided educational and technical educational institutions, regular and full-time employees of urban local bodies, work-charged employees and post holders working in UGC pay scale will get benefit. 16 lakh state employees and 12 lakh pensioners of the state will get its direct benefit.
The Additional Chief Secretary has directed the implementation of this order to all the Heads of Departments, Heads of Offices, Registrars of Universities, Directors of Basic, Secondary and Higher Education, Directors of Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj and all District Panchayat Presidents.
DA will be paid in this way
- – From July 1, 2021, dearness allowance will be increased from the existing rate of 17 percent of basic pay to 28 percent of basic pay. For the period from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, the rate of dearness allowance will remain at 17 percent of the basic pay.
- The increased amount of Dearness Allowance will be paid in cash from August 1, 2021. It will be available with salary in September.
- The DA from July 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021 will go to the Provident Fund account of the employees. It cannot be withdrawn before July 31, 2022.
- Employees linked to NPS will be credited in Tier-1 pension account of employees equal to 10 percent of the outstanding amount from July 1, 2021 to July 31, 2021. The state government will pay an amount equal to 14 percent of this outstanding amount in Tier-1 pension account. The remaining 90 percent will be given to the personnel in the form of NSC.
- Employees whose services have been terminated before the date preceding this decision or who have retired on 31st July, 2021 or are due to retire within six months, shall be paid the entire amount of Dearness Allowance in cash.
Dearness relief will be paid to civil and family pensioners. - Orders relating to civil and family pensioners will not apply to judges of the High Court, servants of local bodies and public undertakings etc. Separate orders will be issued in this regard by the respective departments.
- Separate order will be issued in respect of pensioners and family pensioners of All India Services.
- – This order will also be applicable to such pensioners of educational institutions aided by the state fund under the Department of Education / Technical Education, who are sanctioned pension / family pension at par with government pensioners.
- Authorization letter of Accountant General is not required for payment of additional relief on pension etc. The dearness relief will be paid by the pension paying officers on the basis of this office memorandum.
