Haryana: The Nayab Singh Saini government in Haryana today (October 23) announced a 3 per cent increase in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for employees and pensioners starting July 1.

“The dearness allowance and dearness relief payable to Haryana government employees and pensioners or family pensioners have been increased from 50 per cent to 53 per cent of the basic salary with effect from July 1, 2024,” the order states.

The Center increases the DA by 3 percentage points for employees and retirees

On October 16, the Center increased the dearness allowance (DA) by 3 percentage points from July 1 this year, benefiting over a million employees and pensioners ahead of the Diwali festival.

The Union Cabinet has approved the increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners by three percentage points of the basic salary/pension before Diwali, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after the Cabinet meeting.

The minister also extended Diwali wishes to all central government employees and pensioners. The increase in the DA/DR will be effective from July 1, 2024, informed the minister.

He also informed that the financial implication of this DA/DR hike is Rs 9,448 crore. Earlier in March this year, the government increased the DA/DR by 4 percentage points to 50 percent from January 1, 2024.

The minister said the increase in DA is based on the 12-month average of the All India Consumer Price Index – Industrial Workers. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved additional payment of dearness allowance (DA) to central government employees. and Dearness Relief (DR) to retirees from July 1, 2024, representing an increase of three percent (3%) from the existing rate of 50 percent of basic salary/pension, to compensate for price increases , indicates an official press release. .