Government employees in Tripura will enjoy a five per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA), while pensioners will enjoy a similar hike in dearness relieve (DR), which will come into effect from 1 January, 2024. Now, the DA for state government employees will be 25 per cent.
This increment will benefit 1,06,932 employees and 82,000 state pensioners. However, the pressure on the government exchequer, due to this move, will increase by Rs 500 crore, as was conveyed by Chief Minister Manik Saha when he announced the additional hike on the social-media platform, X.
Recently, the Gujarat government also increased the dearness allowance for the around 4,45,000 employees of the state government and the dearness relief for about 4,63,000 pensioners by four per cent. That means, instead of 42 per cent, DA and DR will now be 46 per cent. The Government of Gujarat will also be contributing more to the National Pension Scheme (NPS) for employees. That is not all; it will now calculate LTC cash conversion for 10 cumulated leaves based on the revised pay scale of the 7th Pay Commission. Earlier, this calculation was based on the 6th Pay Commission pay scale.
Last month, that is, February 2024, the West Bengal government announced a four per cent increase in DA for state-government employees, raising their DA from 10 per cent to 14 per cent, effective May 2024. This financial boost aligns with the budget announcement in the state assembly.