GUWAHATI: In a significant announcement, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared that the government employees will receive a three per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA), from the current 50 per cent to 53 per cent of their basic salary.
The Assam CM, while addressing a press conference following the cabinet meeting, informed that the DA hike will be retroactively effective from July this year.
The DA arrears will be disbursed in monthly installments between December and March, with the government providing 25 per cent of the amount each month.
CM Sarma said that this increase in the DA is a Diwali gift to government employees.
Meanwhile, the cabinet also made the decision to celebrate Bhasha Gaurav Saptah (language pride week) from November 3 to November 9, 2024, marking the Assamese language's recent status as a classical language by the central government.
Notably, this happens to be the second time that the Assam government has decided to increase the DA for its employees.
Earlier in March this year, the state government increased the Dearness Allowance from 46 per cent to 50 per cent.
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