The State Government on Tuesday hiked the dearness allowance (DA) of government employees (Unrevised pay scale) as well as of the pensioners upto 17 per cent.
The decision to increase the DA of Government employees (who are getting unrevised payscale) to 183 percent and that of the pensioners to 90 per cent was taken in the cabinet meeting headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday. “A total of 24 decisions were taken during the cabinet meeting where proposal of increasing DA of State government employees from 166 per cent to 183 per cent was passed was passed,” said Cabinet Secretary JB Tubid.
Tubid also said that the dearness allowance of the pensioners has also been increased from 80 to 90 per cent by the cabinet.The cabinet also passed the proposal of giving Government jobs to the dependents of the martyrs of Gua firing during the struggle for a separate Jharkhand. It also allotted an amount of Rs 3.52 crore for the beautification of the old building of Birsa Munda Central Jail.
According to another cabinet decision, international hockey player Bigan Soy will be hounoured with an honorary amount of Rs 5 lakh. Apart from that, the cabinet also allotted money for the broadening and repairing of five roads in Jharkhand. The list includes of roads includes — Petarwar-Gomia (20 km), Chaibasa-Sailba (22 km), Garhwa-Patan (14.35 km), Bundu-Sonahatu (5.8 km) and Ghaghra-Netarhat (54 km) road. Calendar for the year 2014 depicting holidays was also passed in the Cabinet meeting.