7th Pay Commission 6% Hike in Da: There is good news for the government employees of Punjab. The Bhagwant Mann government of the state has given a big gift to the employees. The state government has released the first installment of the outstanding Dearness Allowance (DA) of the employees. Under this, the employees will get the amount at the rate of 6%. The Finance Department has issued this order after file clearance on behalf of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

6% DA installment

In fact, the state government has given approval to increase Dearness Allowance arrears at the rate of 6 percent to Rs 356 crore from July 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann gave information in this regard by tweeting and wrote that what we say. We do. The arrears of dearness allowance increased at the rate of 6 percent in the above time limit is Rs 356 crore. This amount has been sanctioned by the Punjab Government.

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At present the employees are getting 119 per cent dearness allowance. Which will increase to 125 percent after this decision. Its benefit will be given to about four and a half lakh employees who remain in service till the said time limit. In this, the retired employees including the employees who were in service till the said time limit will also be included. Even after giving this instalment, two installments of four percent dearness allowance will remain outstanding on the state government.

Installment released after High Court's order

Let us tell you that the Retired Employees Union of Punjab had filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for not giving DA at the proper rate by the former Congress government of Punjab. After hearing this, the High Court had directed the Punjab government to give DA at the rate of 8%. But at this rate neither the former Congress government issued DA nor the present government has issued it. Now this 8 years DA has been given on the orders of the High Court. The state government had assured the High Court in January 2023 that the government would release the DA installment in three months.

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This is how DA calculation is done

Calculation of Dearness Allowance The amount of Dearness Allowance is calculated on the basis of multiplying the basic pay by the prevailing rate of DA. Suppose your basic salary is 29 thousand rupees. And DA is 42%. So your DA Formula will be (42x 29200)/100, similarly dearness relief for pensioners is also calculated.

Posted Date: August 30, 2023

Publish Date: August 30, 2023

Posted By Rahul Bhardwaj

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