GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 18th Oct. The Union Cabinet approved a 4% rise in Dearness Allowance (DA) for Central government employees and Dearness Relief for pensioners on Wednesday.
Briefing media on the union cabinet’s decisions, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur stated that the decision will be enforced on July 1 of this year.
“Dearness Allowance for Central government employees and Dearness Relief for pensioners has been increased by 4 per cent. The DA hike will be implemented from 1, July 2023,” he said.
The decision will benefit 48.67 lakh Central Government Employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners.
The minister said the decision has come in the festival season and will benefit both the central government employees and pensioners.
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