7th Pay Commission Update: The government (Odisha State Government) has increased the DA and DR of the employees by 3%. The government has announced to give 30 percent arrears to the employees under the 7th Pay Commission.
7th Pay Commission Update: There is good news for government employees (7th Pay Commission Latest News). The government has once again increased the DA and DR of the employees by 3%. This increase has come into effect from 1 July 2021.
3% hike in DA and DR
Actually, the central government has already increased the DA of its employees to 31%. In this sequence, the Odisha State Government has also increased the DA and DR of the employees. Odisha employees have also started getting the benefit of 31% DA and DR like central employees.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has increased the dearness allowance of employees and pensioners of the state by 3%. According to the information given by the Chief Minister’s Office, about 7.5 lakh employees and pensioners of the state are getting benefits from this decision.
seal on 30 percent
Significantly, the state government has announced to give 30 percent arrears to the employees under the 7th Pay Commission. The employees will get arrears of 50 percent of the increased wages between January 2016 and August 2017.
Six lakh employees of the state will benefit from this decision. That is, from the beginning of the new year, the employees have become bat-bat.
After the increase made by the state government, now the dearness allowance of the employees has become 31% of the basic salary. Let us tell you that this increase will be applicable from July 1, 2021. Not only this, now the employees of the state SAARC are also getting DA at par with the employees of the central government.
Central government can also increase
On the other hand, the central government can also once again increase the DA of central employees. If we look at the data of AICPI index, till December 2021, the dearness allowance has gone up to 34 percent. That is, according to this, there has been an increase of 3 percent in it.
It is expected that this decision can be taken in the cabinet meeting before Holi. It is being told that the total DA will increase by 3% to 34 percent. It will be paid from January 2022 and the salary of central employees will increase.
