The state government has issued orders to hike the rate of dearness allowance payable to government servants by 11 percent from March 2022.
According to the order issued by the Finance Department, the payment of increased dearness allowance in the seventh pay scale will be available from the month of March paid April 2022. After the above hike, the rate of dearness allowance will increase to 31 percent from March 1, 2022.
It is noteworthy that the government servants are being given dearness allowance at the rate of 20 percent in the seventh pay scale from October 2021 (payment month November 2021).