According to ET’s report, these two state budgets have announced bonuses for government employees ahead of the budget announcements for 2023-24. Apart from this, many welfare schemes have also been introduced. The Chhattisgarh government has announced an increase in the salary and pension of the employees and allowances. At the same time, the Rajasthan government has also announced an increase in pension.

Chhattisgarh government increased DA again

On the second day of the monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, along with announcing several measures ranging from dearness allowance to government employees, turned the opposition’s plan to encircle the government. Bhupesh Baghel announced several measures worth Rs 2,000 crore. Along with this, Baghel announced a 4 percent increase in dearness allowance. This is the second hike within a month. Earlier, during the cabinet meeting, a 5 percent increase was made. Now five lakh employees of this state will get dearness allowance at par with the central government employees.

Salary of contract employees also increased

Apart from this, Bhupesh Baghel announced a 27 per cent increase in the salaries of 37,000 contract workers, which would cost the state government an additional Rs 350 crore. Among other announcements of Baghel, there is a monthly increase of 4,000 in the salary of daily wage earners, which will put an additional burden of 240 crores on the government. There will be a monthly salary of 2,000 for 1,650 guest teachers, which will cost Rs 4 crore.

Increased allowance of these people

Apart from this, an increase of Rs 5,500 in monthly resource allowance for Patwaris, Rs 8,000 annual allowance for police constables, Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per month hike has been announced for all trainers, block level employees and help desk operators and 10,000 panchayat secretaries. At the same time, under the Chief Minister’s Special Health Assistance Scheme, the maximum financial assistance has been increased from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 25 lakh.

Rajasthan government increased pension

The Rajasthan government introduced the Rajasthan Minimum Guaranteed Income Bill 2023 in the assembly earlier this week. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot introduced a bill, under which even after completing 100 days of work, he can work for 25 more days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. If the state government is unable to provide employment, it will compulsorily give unemployment allowance.

Apart from this, the right to social security pension has been announced for every person falling in the category of old age, disabled, widow, single woman pension by 15 percent annually on the base rate in two installments, that is, there will be an increase of 5 percent in July and 10 percent in January in every financial year.

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Big news on da dues

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while announcing the decision of 4 per cent DA hike, said that we have taken many revolutionary decisions in the interest of the employees. We have now decided to give 42 per cent dearness allowance equal to that of central government employees. Along with this, he said that the Madhya Pradesh government has also decided to pay the DA arrears for the period from January to June 2023 in three installments.

Those who complete 35 years of service will get more benefits

The Chief Minister said that the employees who are getting salary on the basis of 6th Pay Commission will get a similar increase in DA. Along with this, the state government will also give 4th Time Scale Pay to those who have completed 35 years in service by July 1, 2023.

What is Dearness Allowance?

It is known that to reduce the effect of rising inflation in the country, dearness allowance is given to the employees by the government. Due to increase in dearness allowance, the salary of lakhs of employees of the country increases. This is a part of their basic salary. If inflation increases in the country, then the government also increases the DA.

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There is good news for the government employees and pensioners of Himachal Pradesh. The old pension scheme has come into force in the state from April 1, 2023, and a final decision can be taken on the issue of SOP on Wednesday. Its benefit will be given to 1.36 lakh employees-pensioners of the state. It is believed that after the municipal elections, the final notification regarding the restoration of old pension will be issued.

Actually, today on Wednesday, a cabinet meeting has been called under the chairmanship of CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu. It is expected that in this meeting, the SOP to be issued regarding the restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) may be approved.

There can also be a discussion on making a policy to fill the posts of teachers. Apart from this, many other agendas including filling of vacancies in various departments, water cess can also be approved in the meeting. Many budget announcements can also be approved in the cabinet meeting.

NPS deduction stopped, increased salary reached in the accounts of employees

After the implementation of OPS in the state from April, the deduction on the share of NPS has also been stopped. This time, the share of NPS has not been deducted from the salary of any government employee for the month of April, but the employees have started getting increased salary, that is, the share of NPS of any employee is deposited in PFRDA, an agency of the Government of India. Not sent to.

Since till now the NPS share was being deducted from the salary of the employees after the year 2003 in the state, 10% salary was being deducted from their salary every month and the state government was also contributing 14% of its share. In this way, 24 percent of the total contribution was being deposited with the PFRDA of the Central Government.

GPF account opening process will start soon

After the closure of NPS share deduction, now the process of opening GPF accounts of the employees is likely to start soon. The notification of SOP is also likely to be issued after the cabinet meeting to be held today.

It is estimated that the SOP for restoration of old pension will be issued in May and options will be asked from the employees to choose one of the two pensions. The decision will benefit both serving and retired employees and employees with 20 years or more service will get 50 per cent of basic pay plus DA as pension.

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In view of the demand of the employees, the old pension has been restored by some Congress ruled states. Last days, from April 1, a notification was issued to restore the old pension for the employees of the Himachal Pradesh government. Now the new salary of the state government employees has come in the account of the employees in May.

Employees got increased salary

The share of the New Pension Scheme (NPS) has not been deducted from the April salary given by the Himachal government in May. On the 1st of May, the employees got the increased salary. Till now, 10 percent of the salary was deducted from the salary of the employees towards NPS. Apart from this, 14 percent share is done in this item by the government. But the government has not deducted 10 percent money from the salary of the employees from the April salary and they have received it as salary.

Money was not sent to PFRDA for deposit, action was taken on behalf of the Himachal government as per the pre-determined system. That is, from April 1, 2023, the NPS share of any employee was not sent to the central government agency PFRDA for deposit. However, such employees who have not completed 10 years of service will not get the benefit of Old Pension Scheme (OPS). The situation regarding such employees is not yet clear. The money of NPS of these employees has also not been deducted from their salary.

NPS share was not deducted

In such a situation, the question is arising that when NPS share is not deducted from the share of the employees, then what will happen to their future? Depositing money in GPF for OPS has also not started. Let us tell you that before the Government of Himachal Pradesh, the old pension has been restored by the Government of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jharkhand. Some BJP-ruled states are also considering implementing the old pension in view of the elections.

What is the old pension scheme?

In this scheme, at the time of retirement, half of the salary is given to the employee as pension. The provision of General Provident Fund (GPF) has been given under the old pension scheme. In this scheme, the employee has the facility of getting gratuity of up to Rs 20 lakh. DA is increased after every six months. Under this scheme, the amount of pension is paid from the treasury of the government. On the death of a retired employee, his family members get the amount of pension as per rules. In this scheme, no amount is deducted from the salary of the employee.

What is New Pension Scheme?

The new pension scheme deducts 10 percent of the basic salary and DA. The National Pension Scheme (NPS) is completely based on the movement of the stock market. In this, to get pension after 60 years, 40 percent of the NPS fund has to be invested. That is, you get pension out of 60 percent money. There is no guarantee of pension after retirement in this scheme. Nor is there any facility for the relatives. There is no provision for increasing DA in this.

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The DA figure is going to be released on January 31. Through this figure, it will be clear that how much your salary is going to increase in the first half of this year. The data of AICPI Index is released on the last date of every month.

There will be an increase in salary

Employees are hopeful that this time there can be a bumper increase in their salary. After the release of the data, the government can increase the salary of the employees before Holi. On the basis of AICPI Index, it is decided that by what percentage the dearness allowance will increase.

According to November figures, there may be an increase of 3 percent.

According to the figures till November 2022, there is going to be an increase of 3 percent in dearness allowance. If there is no change in this index in the month of December, then there will be an increase of 3 percent in the salary of the employees. On the other hand, if there is a rise of 1 point in the index, then there can be an increase of 4 percent in DA.

Now getting 38 percent DA

If there is an increase of 3 percent in the dearness allowance of the employees, then the employees will get DA at the rate of 41 percent. In July 2022, the government had increased the DA of the employees at the rate of 38 per cent.

When will the hike be announced?

Let us tell you that the increase in DA of the employees can be announced in the month of March. According to media sources, it can be approved in the cabinet meeting to be held on March 1, ie employees can get increased salary from March 31. Along with this, the money for the months of January and February will come into the account along with the arrears.

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