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DA hike news: Two days ahead of Diwali 2024, the Uttarakhand government led by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced a 3 per cent hike in the dearness allowance (DA) of state government employees. The government employees will now 53 per cent DA hike per month from the earlier 50 per cent.
All regular and full-time employees of the state government and officials associated with the UGC can avail of the increased DA with retrospective effect from July 1, 2024, according to an official statement. The arrears of dearness allowance from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024 will be paid in cash, it said. The allowance will be added to the regular salary from October 1, 2024.
However, the order will not automatically apply to the judges of the high court, chairman and members of the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission and employees of some other categories. Separate orders will be issued for them, the statement said. Besides, for 2023-24, non-gazetted employees of state-aided educational institutions, local bodies, district panchayats and daily wage employees will get the benefit of ad-hoc bonus.
Bonus
As per the order of the government of India, 30 days bonus will be given in the limit of maximum Rs 7,000. The benefit of bonus will be given to those employees who were in service on March 31, 2024 and who have done continuous service for at least six months. Employees with service from six months to one year will be given bonus according to their service ratio, the statement said.
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The amount of ad-hoc bonus will be calculated on the basis of average receipts of one year. For example, assuming a maximum limit of Rs 7,000, the ad-hoc bonus for 30 days will be calculated as ?6908.
Casual/daily wage employees who have worked at least 240 days (for six-day offices) every year in the last three years will also be eligible for this bonus.
The bonus for such employees will be Rs 1,184, the statement said. Employees found guilty in departmental disciplinary proceedings or criminal case will not be eligible for the bonus. However, an employee reinstated after suspension will be eligible for it, it said.
(With inputs from PTI)
