This time Diwali is going to be very special for the employees. According to the latest update, there is a possibility of getting a tremendous hike in the DA of the employees. Let’s know how much will be the increase in the salary of the employees after the DA hike
The biggest good news of this year is for the employees working inside the Bihar government. Even before Diwali, the state government has given the biggest gift of the year, making the government employees of Bihar happy. The Nitish government of Bihar has decided to increase the Dearness Allowance (DA Hike) to the employees and pensioners of the state.
How much did DA Hike
Before Diwali, the Nitish Kumar government of Bihar has decided to increase the dearness allowance to the employees and pensioners of the state by four percent. The proposal related to this was approved in the meeting of the state cabinet held on Thursday. A total of 21 proposals were approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Now you will get so much DA
After DA hike at the rate of 4 percent, the government employees of Bihar state will now get the benefit of DA at the rate of 38 percent. Let us tell you that earlier, dearness allowance was given to the state government employees at the rate of 34 percent. This increased DA Hike will be valid from 1st July, 2022 only.
Giving information to the journalists after the Bihar cabinet meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Department, S. Siddharth said that in the cabinet meeting, the proposal to increase dearness allowance by 4 percent for government servants and family pensioners has been approved. Now they will get 38 percent dearness allowance instead of 34.
These families will get Rs 3500
Additional Chief Secretary S. Siddharth informed that in the cabinet meeting, approval has been given for allocation of Rs 500 crore from the contingency fund for the drought-prone areas. Apart from this, while declaring 7841 villages in 96 blocks of 11 districts of the state as drought-hit, it has also been approved to give Rs. 3500 per family assistance to the affected families.
Bumper recruitments taken out in the state
In the meeting, approval has been given to create 905 additional non-gazetted posts of various departments of the lower service in the Prohibition Department. Apart from this, the creation of many posts including 1420 for teachers, non-teaching staff in various universities has also been approved.
In the meeting, approval has been given to extend the contract period of total 3953 retired soldiers working in Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) for 2022-23. Apart from this, 137 additional clerical cadre posts have been approved in the Directorate of Probation, Bihar.
