CM assures settlement of DA arrears
The assurance came during a one-hour-and-forty-minute meeting at Nabanna with representatives of various government employees' bodies, including the Sangrami Joutha Mancha.
The assurance came during a one-hour-and-forty-minute meeting at Nabanna with representatives of various government employees' bodies, including the Sangrami Joutha Mancha.
The Rajasthan government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) for state employees by 2 per cent with retrospective effect from January 1, 2026.
The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners, increasing both by 2 percentage points with effect from January 1, 2026, in a move aimed at easing the impact of inflation.
The counsel of the Confederation of State Government Employees, Firdous Shamim, said the state government is yet to initiate any action to abide with the apex court’s directive on 25 per cent DA arrears payment.
While constituting a high-level committee to finalise a binding payment schedule, a Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra partly upheld the 2022 Calcutta High Court judgment, which had ruled in favour of state government employees and directed payment of DA at par with Central government employees.
The cabinet had authorized CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to take a decision on increasing the DA of the personnel.
The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked dearness allowance (DA) for its employees and dearness relief to its pensioners by four per cent from January 1, 2023.
As a measure on the issue of pending dearness allowance arrears, government employees in West Bengal will go on a mass leave on March 30.
Chief Minister said the protesting Opposition that they can behead her but she can't do anything to increase the dearness allowance.
The Deputy Chief Minister said that people employed on minimum wages in the unorganised sector should also get the benefits of the dearness allowances.
