Page 4 - Dearness Allowance
Calcutta HC rejects dearness allowance review petition filed by Bengal govt
A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday rejected a review petition of West Bengal government to reconsider an earlier judgement of the bench to clear dearness allowance (DA) arrears within three months. The bench comprising justices Harish Tandon and Rabindranath Samanta rejected the state government's petition to review its May 20 order. Upholding an order of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT), the Calcutta High Court had in May directed the West Bengal government to release dearness DA arrears since July 2009, when the Revision of Pay and Allowances (ROPA) came into effect in the state, within three months. The state government had filed a writ petition in the high court challenging the SAT order of July 2019 that directed it to pay DA at par with the Centre, and to clear the amount in three instalments. The division bench on Thursday also fixed November 9 as the date of hearing of a contempt petition filed by the associations of state government employees, .
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Ahead of festive season, Odisha govt hikes staff DA by 3% wef Jan 1, 2022
The proposal has been approved by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The rate of DA will now be enhanced to 34 per cent from the existing 31 per cent, a statement released by the CMO said.
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Tripura govt announces 5% dearness allowance hike ahead of Assembly polls
The cabinet of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has cleared a proposal for a 5 per cent hike in dearness allowance for state government employees and pensioners with effect from July 1
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Madhya Pradesh govt hikes Dearness Allowance of state employees to 34%
The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday announced a hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) for over 7.5 lakh government employees in the state, taking it to 34 per cent.
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Crores of rupees go 'missing' from bank accounts; Andhra govt clarifies
The state government said the DA arrears amount was 'erroneously' credited into the GPF accounts of the employees 'due to a technical glitch'
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DA payable to govt employees in Karnataka hiked by 2.75 per cent
The Karnataka govt on Tuesday issued an order enhancing the rates of Dearness Allowance payable to government employees from the existing 24.50% to 27.25% of basic pay from January 1 this year
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Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%
The move will benefit about 4.8 million central government employees and 6.9 million pensioners and will be effective from January 1, 2022.
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3% hike in DA for Central govt staff, pensioners effective Jan 1, 2022
This will benefit about 4.76 mn central government employees and 6.86 mn pensioners
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Cabinet hikes dearness allowance for central govt employees by 3%
The central government has hiked the dearness allowance for its employees by 3 per cent, PTI reported on Wednesday citing a cabinet decision.
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Don't bank just on EPS as its pension payouts are paltry, say analysts
At present, it is mandatory for employees who earn a basic salary plus dearness allowance (DA) of up to Rs 15,000 to enrol in EPS
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Odisha govt hikes DA by 3%, to benefit 750,000 employees, pensioners
Following the hike, the government employees will now get 31 per cent DA
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Uttar Pradesh govt raises DA for govt staff from 28% to 31%
The Uttar Pradesh government has hiked dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees from 28 per cent to 31 per cent
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Labour Min hikes minimum wages for central sphere workers from Oct 1
The average CPI-IW for the months of January to June, 2021 was used for undertaking the latest VDA revision
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Karnataka govt raises dearness allowance from 21.5% to 24.5%
The raise will kick in with retrospective effect from July 1
Dearness Allowance hike to 31% effective from July 1: FinMin
The decision will benefit millions of central government employees and pensioners
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Centre approves 3% Dearness Allowance hike for central govt employees
After this hike, the DA will increase to 31%; the move will benefit 4.7 mn employees and 6.8 mn pensioners
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Odisha hikes DA by 11%; 400,000 employees, 350,000 pensioners to benefit
The employees will get their increased salary from October and they will also get the three months' hiked DA in cash.
Pensioners body seeks PM intervention in release of DA, DR arrears
Bharatiya Pensioners Manch (BMS) has sought intervention of PM for the release of dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) arrears for central govt employees and pensioners at the earliest
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