Jharkhand government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees to 50 percent of the basic salary. Till now it was 46 percent. An official said on Tuesday that the increase in dearness allowance will be effective from January 1 this year. In the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Champai Soren, the proposal to increase the dearness allowance of state government employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners was approved.

Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel said, “Dearness allowance and dearness relief have been increased by four percent to 50 percent.” This increase will benefit 1.90 lakh employees and pensioners of the state. If the pensioner is no longer in this world, then DR will be given to his/her family members.

Approval given to 30 decisions:

Jharkhand government approved 30 proposals in the cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, one of which was increase in DA. Since the increase in DA will be considered effective from January 1, employees will also be given arrears of 3 months. Apart from this, Panchayat Secretariat volunteers will be hired on contract basis in the help desks being opened at the village level. For this, Rs 2500 per month will be paid.

Other decisions:

Estimate of house rent allowance of government employees has been approved. Permission was given to release funds for the construction of Jharkhand Bhawan in New Delhi. 11 pilgrimage sites in the state and 30 pilgrimage sites across the country will be included in the scheme for providing pilgrimage to the people of Jharkhand belonging to BPL category. Apart from this, many other decisions have been taken in the meeting.

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It was increased from 34 per cent to 38 per cent. Since then, many state governments have started the process of making announcements to increase dearness allowance for their employees. Now the name of another state has been added to this episode.

The cabinet of the Jharkhand government on Monday approved a proposal to increase the dearness allowance by four percent for its employees and pensioners. This increase will be effective from July 1, 2022. The official said that 1.35 lakh employees and pensioners will benefit from this decision. This decision was taken in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

Dearness Allowance increased from 34 percent to 38 percent
Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dadel said that with this decision, dearness allowance of state government employees and pensioners has increased from 34 percent to 38 percent. This will benefit 19,3000 employees of the state. Due to increase in DA, there will be an additional burden of 42 crores on the state government.

How much will be the increase in the salary of Jharkhand government
employees The same has been increased in the DA of pensioners and family pensioners. 

Dearness Allowance of Central Employees Recently Increased The 
Modi Government had announced to increase dearness allowance for more than 1 crore Central Government Employees and pensioners on September 28, 2022.

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An official said that about two lakh government employees and 1.35 lakh pensioners are sure to benefit from this decision.

Cabinet Secretary Vandana Dudel said, “The Council of Ministers has approved a proposal to increase the Dearness Allowance payable to state government employees to 38 per cent from the existing 34 per cent with effect from July 1, 2022.”

He said that the cabinet has also decided to increase the dearness relief for pensioners from the existing 34 per cent to 38 per cent.

19 proposals have been approved by the council of ministers, including a plan to hold urban local body (ULB) elections without OBC reservation in 2023.

Dadel said that considering the OBC seats as unreserved seats, elections will be held next year.

In addition, the cabinet approved a proposal to sanction ₹ 9.03 crore for the purchase of 21 sports utility vehicles for the judges of the Jharkhand High Court.

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