Jaipur , Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved three percent increase in the rate of dearness allowance of state employees and dearness relief payable to pensioners on the lines of central government employees. Now, 34 percent dearness allowance and dearness relief rate will be payable to state employees and pensioners from January 1, 2022. Earlier, 31 percent dearness allowance and dearness relief rate was being given to state employees and pensioners.
Gehlot’s decision will benefit 4 lakh 40 thousand pensioners along with about 8 lakh officers-employees receiving salary on the basis of Rajasthan Civil Services (Revised Salary) Rules-2017. Apart from the state employees, this benefit will also be payable to the employees of Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad. The amount of increased dearness allowance of the employees from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022 will be deposited in their General Provident Fund, General Provident Fund-2004 or General Provident Fund-SAB account. It will be paid in cash from the salary for the month of April, 2022 which is to be paid in May, 2022.
It is noteworthy that with the announcement of increase in dearness allowance by the Central Government on Wednesday, the Chief Minister has also decided to increase the rate of dearness allowance of state employees by 3 percent with immediate effect. The state government will bear the financial burden of about Rs 1435 crore annually on this increase.
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