DA hiked for UP and 8 other states govt employees

After a long wait, state governments across the country are gradually rolling out Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for government employees and pensioners. UP is the latest state to announce the DA hike. chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that increase DA will come into effect from July 1, 2021. The UP government  announced dearness allowance (DA) for all its employees will be increased to 28 per cent ahead of the festival season. He also said that the provident fund (PF) contribution will also be increased. The government employees in Uttar Pradesh were so far getting 17 per cent DA. The move will benefit at least 15 lakh state government employees in Uttar Pradesh. Along with this, the Adityanath government has also increased dearness relief (DR) amount, which will benefit the state's 12 lakh pensioners.

Bihar and Himachal Pradesh also to announce the DA hikes. On August 15, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an 11 percent increase in DA. On the same day, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced six percent additional DA for state government employees and pensioners, retrospectively effective from July 1. Assam government announced DA hikes and also promised to provide one lakh government jobs by March 2022.

J&K, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jharkhand states increased DA by 11 per cent for the government employees to 28 percent. Karnataka goernment has  increased DA from 11.25 percent to 21.5 percent to its employees.Besides state governments, PSU banks also increased DA for employees by 2.1 percent to 27.79 percent. The increment will be effective from August to October quarter.