Ahead of the festive season, the Union Cabinet decided to hike the dearness allowance for central govt. employees and dearness relief for pensioner by 4 percentage on Wednesday with effect from 1st July, 2023. The hike will increase the DA/DR from 42% to 46%.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the increase in dearness allowance and dearness relief will benefit 48.67 lakh central government employees and 67.95 lakh pensioners, respectively
Central Govt. also pay 78 days of salaries as bonus for non-gazetted railway staff. In addition the salary and pension will cost Rs. 12857 crore annually.
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