Central employees in the country are eagerly waiting for the increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) from the government. At the same time, the Himachal Pradesh government has given a big gift to its 1.80 lakh employees before Diwali.
The government has announced a 4 percent increase on the eve of Dussehra, which has created an atmosphere of happiness among state employees and pensioners. Apart from this, in view of the festival of Diwali, the government has announced to release salary and pension to employees and pensioners before time.
Salary and pension will be given before time
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Friday announced the release of 4% pending dearness allowance (DA) for 1.80 lakh government employees and 1.70 lakh pensioners from January 1, 2023. The release of pending dearness allowance will put an additional burden of Rs 600 crore on the state treasury every year. Employees and pensioners will be released their salary and pension on October 28 instead of November 1 and 9 respectively.
Approval of medical bills
Talking to reporters, the CM said, all pending medical bills of employees and retirees were cleared, for which a provision of Rs 10 crore has already been made. Issuing directions to the concerned departments to clear all pending medical bills this month, the CM said that for this purpose, adequate budget will be made available to the departments as per their demand.
A direct target on BJP
He took a dig at Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur for “spreading lies” about shortage of funds and “misleading” the Prime Minister and the BJP national president. He said the BJP has left no stone unturned to “spread misinformation” about the state’s financial health. He said the release of dues including dearness allowance and arrears is proof that the state government is committed to addressing the grievances of its employees and there is no such financial crisis as of now.
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