Jaipur : The state government has increased the DA of employees and pensioners of the Fifth Pay Commission by 16 percent and the DA of employees and pensioners of the Sixth Pay Commission by 9 percent, the benefit of which will be given in salary from April 1 this year and in pension from January 1. The Finance Department has issued an order to increase the DA of these employees and pensioners. The DA of employees and pensioners of the Fifth Pay Commission will now increase from 427 to 443 percent and the DA of employees and pensioners of the Sixth Pay Commission will increase from 230 to 239 percent. This increase has been done from January 1, 2024, but the employees will be given its benefit from the salary of April 1 and the amount before that will be deposited in the GPF account. At the same time, pensioners will be paid its cash from January 1 itself.
Dearness allowance was increased before the Lok Sabha elections
Earlier, before the Lok Sabha elections, CM Bhajanlal Sharma had increased the DA of government employees across the state by 4%. Which will increase to 50%. After this order, about eight lakh employees and four lakh pensioners of Rajasthan will get its benefit.
