Guwahati, Oct 23: As part of a Diwali gift, the Assam government has hiked the Dearness Allowance (DA) of state government employees by 4 percent.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the dearness relief (DR) for state government employees, and All India Service Officers effective from 1 July 2022. The CM also announced that DA will be payable with the October month’s salary.
He also extended wishes for a happy Deepawali.
Announcing the news on Twitter, the Assam CM wrote, “Happy to announce 4% additional Dearness Allowance for State Govt employees/All India Service Officers w.e.f. 1st July 2022, payable with this month’s salary. Hope this will add to the festive fervor. Also extending my good wishes for an auspicious and happy Deepawali!”
A key arm of @assampolice, Home Guards play a crucial role in maintaining law & order.
Fulfilling the long-standing demand of around 24,000 Home Guards, we've approved enhancement of their daily wage to ₹767 from existing ₹300, thus increasing their monthly wages to ₹23,010. pic.twitter.com/x6Tprlqvea
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 19, 2022
The decision by Assam CM follows after the Union Cabinet in September had approved Dearness Allowance for its employees by 4 percent. Apart from this, the central government had hiked the dearness relief (DR) for pensioners by the same percentage.
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On 19 October, CM also increased the daily duty allowance of home guards of the state from ₹300 to ₹767. As per the official notification, the state government said that the hike will come into effect immediately. After this hike, the monthly salary of a home guard will be ₹23,010.
Earlier in March, the Assam government had hiked DA by 3 percent in addition to the 11 percent which was already provided to State Govt employees and pensioners.
Dearness Allowance is the cost-of-living adjustment allowance that the government pays to the employees of the public sector as well as the pensioners. It is paid by the government to help employees cope with stubbornly rising prices which is due to high inflation. It is calculated as a percentage of the basic salary of government employees.
Between, 1 January 2020, to June 30, 2021, the central government did not pay DA to its employees for 18 months. The DA hike has been a long pending demand by the government staff.
