Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday hiked State Government employees’ dearness allowance (DA) by 6 per cent. With this, the employees’ DA rose to 119 per cent.
The hiked DA would be applicable to all employees, including the work charged and job contract employees, said a release issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) here.
The hike in DA would come into force with retrospective effect from July 1 this year.
The decision would benefit 4 lakh Government employees, university staffs, teachers of aided schools, college teaching and non-teaching staffs, work charged and job contract employees, the release added.
The State would bear an additional burden of `305 crore annually, sources said.