Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh government has hiked by eight per cent the dearness allowance (DA) of employees with effect from January 1, 2013.
This was announced by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday while laying the foundation stone for several developmental projects worth Rs 27.66 crore at Budha village in Mandsour district.
With the revised allowance, state employees will now be entitled to a total of 80 per cent DA along with their salaries, sources said on Sunday. ...
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02:42 PM, May 26, 2013
Over 50 lakh Central Government employees and 30 lakh pensioners could get a huge relief on Tuesday as the Union Cabinet is likely to approve a proposal to increase dearness allowance (DA) to 80 per cent from the existing 72 per cent. The increased dearness allowance could be applicable from January 1, 2013. ...
12:10 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The West Bengal government on Saturday announced that allowances introduced by the erstwhile Left Front government for those who suffered during the Naxalite uprising in 1970s, would be discontinued. "Allowances given to political sufferers will be discontinued from now," Finance minister Amit Mitra said about the category 'political sufferers on post-Independent democratic movement' introduced by the Left government. ...
05:27 PM, Jan 19, 2013
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government on Friday proposed a seven per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) to its employees in line with a recent Central government proposal. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said with the Centre announcing seven per cent increase in DA, her government had decided to provide a similar hike in the basic pay of its employees and teachers. The additional expenditure would be Rs 1443.50 crore annually...
12:01 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Jaipur: The Rajasthan government on Thursday hiked the dearness allowance (DA) of state employees by 7 per cent, benefiting nearly seven lakh employees and three lakh pensioners and costing Rs 875 crore additional burden to the exchequer. The DA has been increased from 65 per cent to 72 per cent of the basic pay, effective from July. It will be at par with the DA of the central government employees,...
04:38 AM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: In a slew of decisions taken by the government to push reforms, the Cabinet on Monday cleared a Rs 2 lakh crore package for the financially bleeding state electricity boards, a bonanza of One Rank One Pension for ex-servicemen and also hiked Dearness Allowance by 7 per cent for Central government employees. In a move to turnaround the near-bankrupt power distribution companies, the Centre finally kickstarted the much...
10:45 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Government on Monday approved a seven per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees. The increase will benefit nearly 80 lakh government employees. The increase will be effective from July 1. The decision, which was approved by the Union Cabinet, will benefit about 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners of the central government. The increase in DA is in accordance with...
07:18 PM, Sep 24, 2012
New Delhi: Reeling under the impact of diesel price hike and high inflation, the 80 lakh central government employees and pensioners are likely to soon get seven per cent increase in Dearness Allowance. The proposal to increase the DA from 65 per cent to 72 per cent is likely to be taken up by the Union Cabinet on Friday, sources said. The decision, which would benefit about 50 lakh of...
03:11 PM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: An internal audit of the Army has raised questions about the supply chain of management of Army's rations. According to its report, the Army is allegedly over-procuring rations for at least two lakh non-existent soldiers. The Indian Army personnel have the option of drawing ration either in cash called the Ration Money Allowance or get cooked meals. Especially when officers and jawans go on leave or are unwell,...
08:09 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Ahmedabad: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, who has launched a new political party, on Sunday promised to take a slew of welfare measures, if voted to power in the forthcoming assembly elections. Keshubhai, who floated Gujarat Parivartan Party last week, on Sunday said that his party would take a slew of measures like giving allowance for the unemployed youth (upto Rs 2,000), pass a new law to regularise pastoral...
11:57 PM, Aug 12, 2012
New Delhi: The threat of an agitation by a large chunk of Air India's employees from Monday to protest delay in payments of salaries and other dues loomed large with a marathon meeting between them and the management failing to yield any result on Thursday. The meeting would continue on Friday, an airline official said on Thursday night after over nine hours of deliberations between the two sides. "We are...
10:04 PM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the festival season, the government on Thursday announced a seven per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance of its employees. The decision to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) for five million Central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for about four million pensioners was taken by the Union Cabinet. The pay hike would be applicable from July 1. The DA for the government employees would increase...
03:41 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: In a bid to provide relief from high inflation, the government on Tuesday increased dearness allowance (DA) by 6 per cent to 51 per cent, benefiting over 50 lakh central government employees and 38 lakh pensioners. "The decision to hike DA was taken by the Union Cabinet at its meeting here," a Union minister said. The combined impact of the hike will be Rs 5,715.90 crore per annum....
11:13 AM, Mar 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Centre is likely to increase dearness allowance (DA) by 6 per cent to 51 per cent on Tuesday, benefiting over 50 lakh employees and 38 lakh pensioners. The decision to hike DA is likely to be taken by the Union Cabinet at its meeting scheduled for Tuesday, sources said. The new DA, which will be effective from January 1, is provided to government staff and pensioners to...
08:11 AM, Mar 22, 2011
New Delhi: Ahead of the festive season, the Central Government on Thursday raised Dearness Allowance by 10 percentage points to 45 per cent of basic pay, benefiting about 88 lakh employees and pensioners. The decision to provide higher DA to employees will cost the exchequer an additional Rs 9,303.2 crore per annum, an official spokesperson said after a meeting of the Union Cabinet, where it was decided to raise the...
02:46 PM, Sep 16, 2010
The additional dearness allowance will be given with effect from July 1, 2009. ...
10:18 PM, Sep 10, 2009
PSU officers to get up to 20 per cent additional increase in emoluments. ...
10:27 PM, Mar 30, 2009
Election Commission diktat forbids hike in dearness allowance. ...
02:10 PM, Mar 30, 2009
Cost of living allowance will now form 22 pc of their salary. ...
12:01 PM, Feb 26, 2009
Employers would demand travel proofs as support for I-Tax documents. ...
04:14 PM, Jan 29, 2009
