DA Hike: Good News! DA increased for employees and pensioners, 4 months arrears will also be available, Cabinet approves

Employees and pensioners of Jharkhand will get the benefit of 55 percent DA from January 2025. Arrears from January to April 2025 will also be given. This increase will benefit more than three lakh employees and pensioners of the state.

Jharkhand Employees DA Hike: There is good news for the government employees, officers and pensioners of Jharkhand. The Hemant Soren government of the state has also given a big gift to the employees and pensioners coming under the 7th Pay Commission. The state government has increased the dearness allowance of state employees and pensioners by 2 percent, after which DA has increased from 53 to 53 percent.

In fact, an important cabinet meeting was held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, in which a total of 34 proposals were approved. In this, the most important is the approval of a two percent increase in the dearness allowance payable to government employees, after which DA has reached 55 percent. The new rates will be applicable from January 2025, in such a situation, arrears from January to April 2025 will also be given. This increase will benefit more than three lakh employees and pensioners of the state.

DA was increased by 7 percent last year

Last time in December 2024, the Hemant Soren government had increased the dearness allowance of employees and pensioners under the 7th Pay Commission by 3 percent from July 2024, after which the DA increased from 50 to 53 percent. Earlier in March, the dearness allowance of employees was increased by 4 percent from January 2024, after which the DA increased from 46% to 50%.

Till now DA of these states has increased

The central government increased the rates of dearness allowance and relief of central employees and pensioners by 2%, after which DA has increased from 53% to 55% from January 2025. After the center, now the state governments have also started announcing DA hike. Till now Rajasthan, UP, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha governments have increased the DA of their employees and pensioners. The new rates will be applicable from January 2025, in such a situation arrears will also be available.

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