The State Government has now decided to provide benefit of revised dearness allowance (DA) at the rate of 107 per cent to its employees with effect from July 1, 2014.
Earlier, the eligible Government employees were to be given benefit of the revised DA from October 1, 2014. The Finance Department on Tuesday issued a circular from Mantralaya to Revenue Board Chairman along with all the departmental heads, divisional commissioners and district collectors, in this regard.
The decision was taken on the approval of Chhattisgarh State Election Commission (CSEC), which was also mentioned in the circular. The Chhattisgarh Officers Employees Federation has expressed gratitude towards Chief Minister Raman Singh for taking the aforesaid decision.
Notably, a delegation from the Federation had met the Chief Minister on December 11 while demanding benefit of revised DA to the government employees from July 1, this year. To this, Singh sought approval from CSEC.
The circular issued from the Secretariat also reads that amount calculated against the service of the Government employees from July 1, who are subscribers of the Provident Fund/ Departmental Provident Fund, will be credited to their PF account. While the Government employees, who are not a PF subscriber, will be paid cash the amount as calculated against their service in this duration.