Business News Desk, Assam government on Sunday approved 3 percent increase in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees. State Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Cabinet has approved it. According to ANI report, the Chief Minister said that the increase in DA is a Diwali gift from the government to the employees. This is the second time this year that the Assam government has increased the DA for its employees. In March, the state government had increased dearness allowance by 4 percent, increasing it from 46 percent to 50 percent.
Total DA increased to 53 percent
He said that this increase will be implemented from July this year. The Chief Minister of the state said, “With this the total DA will be 53 percent, which is equal to that of central government employees.” He said that the increased dearness allowance will be payable with retrospective effect from the month of July and the outstanding amount will be paid in four equal installments along with the monthly salary from January to April next year.
Salary with revised DA from December
CM said that the employees will get salary with revised DA from December. The cabinet also decided to scrap the earlier provision in the Assam Tea Plantation Provident Fund Scheme, under which tea plantation workers with a monthly salary of more than Rs 15,000 were barred from getting PF benefits. The Chief Minister said, “Since the salaries of workers are increasing now, we do not want anyone to be deprived of PF benefits.”
