The Odisha government on Monday announced a hike in dearness allowance of employees and dearness relief of pensioners by 3 per cent.
A proposal in this regard was approved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, an official release said.
The hike will be implemented retrospectively from January 1, 2019, it said.
With Monday's raise, the rate of DA and TI now stands at 12 per cent in Odisha.
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