The Odisha Retired Government Employees’ Association, Ganjam unit on Saturday sent a memorandum to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik through the RDC, Southern Division urging to provide them the increased 5-per cent dearness allowance retrospectively from July 2019.
“The Union Government and the State Government had been providing DA to employees and pensioners twice a year, in and July and January. But this year, the State Government delayed announcement the DA payment by six months. It is also disappointing that the DA has not been announced for retired employees yet. When prices of essential commoties have risen, the negligence has hit us,” read the memorandum signed by district president Rajani Kant Mandal, State secretary Shyamsundar Lenka and district secretary Rajendra Kumar Panda.
Besides, they demanded health allowance and increase of minimum pension from Rs 8,300 to Rs 9,000.