Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 1
Acceding to the demand of the government employees and pensioners, the Punjab Cabinet, led by Charanjit Singh Channi, on Monday decided to hike dearness allowance (DA) by 11 per cent i.e. from existing 17 per cent to 28 per cent with effect from July 1.
Chief Minister Channi said following the enhancement of the DA, the employees had withdrawn their strike. Calling the employees the backbone of the state government, the Chief Minister said welfare of the its staff was the state government’s highest priority. With the latest move, the state government would bear an additional monthly burden of Rs 440 crore on account of enhanced DA.
The employees recruited after January 1, 2016, will also get the benefit of a minimum 15 per cent increase in the revised pay on a par with other employees. However, the pay of junior employees will not be higher than that of their seniors while fixing the revised pay. Meanwhile, decks have been cleared for the setting up of Lamrin Tech Skills University at Railmajra, Balachaur, SBS Nagar, and Plaksha University Punjab at IT City, SAS Nagar, with the Cabinet approving conversion of ordinances into Bills.
Punjab Govt employees’ DA hiked by 11%
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