7th Pay Commission News: Jharkhand Government Raised DA By 11% For Govt Employees

7th Pay Commission: The state government has decided to increase Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees with effect from July 1, this year.

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New Delhi: The Jharkhand government on Tuesday ordered a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for state government employees by 11%. Earlier, the state government employees used to get 17% DA, which has now spiked to 28%. 

The state government has decided to increase Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees with effect from July 1, this year.

The decision came amidst the DA hike by the Union government for central government employees from 17 percent to 28 percent. 

The current hike would be calculated on the Basic Pay of the employees. For instance, an employee gets Rs 100 as basic pay. The DA amount at 17 percent rate comes around Rs 17. Now, the total DA is raised by 28 percent of Rs 100 which comes to Rs 28.

Dearness Allowance is a part of the salary that is aimed at combating inflation and revised twice a year -once in January and once in July.

(With inputs from ANI)