Holi Just before that there has been a great news for government employees. The Devendra Fadnavis government of Maharashtra has announced an increase of 12 percent in the dearness allowance of the employees. The Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued an order to increase by 12 percent under the unchanged pay scale of the 5th Pay Commission in its employees’ dearness allowance (DA), which is effective from July 1, 2024. According to the government proposal (GR), the DA has been revised from 443 percent to 455 percent. It will be paid in cash with a salary of February 2025. It also includes arrears from July 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025.
17 lakh employees will get benefit
An official of the State Finance Department said that about 17 lakh employees are expected to benefit from DA hike. The order states that the expenditure on the revised dearness allowance will be met through the budgetary provisions allocated for the concerned salary and allowance for government employees. Expenditure for grant institutions and Zilla Parishad employees will be registered for their financial assistance under the specified sub-heads.
Employees welcomed the decision
Let us tell you that the state government employees were demanding an increase in dearness allowance for a long time. In view of the demand of employees and current inflation, the government considered an increase in allowance and finally announced to increase the DA directly by 12 percent. Millions of government employees of the state have expressed happiness by welcoming this decision of the government.
Central government in preparations to implement 8th Pay Commission
On the other hand, the central government is also preparing to implement the 8th Pay Commission for its employees. The 8th Pay Commission is to be implemented from January 1, 2026. However, some experts believe that it may be delayed. After the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, the salary of central government employees will increase significantly.
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