Bhubaneswar, Dec 17 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a Dearness Allowance (DA) hike of seven per cent for state government employees and pensioners.
It will be implemented with retrospective effect from July this year, said a release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
The state government increased the DA to 132 per cent from the present 125 per cent.
A total of seven lakh people, including four lakh government employees and three lakh pensioners, would benefit from the decision, according to the release.
The increased DA for the July 1 to November 30 period will be remitted in the bank accounts of employees, while the hike from the current month will be paid together with their salaries, said sources.
Recently, the central government had also given a seven per cent DA hike to its employees.
