ITANAGAR, May 15: Arunachal Pradesh Govt Wednesday increased dearness allowances (DA) by 3% with effective from 01.01.19 which will benefit about 50,000 state Govt employees.
With this hike, the DA will be 12%, state development commissioner Bilatee Pertin said in a notification.
The hiked DA will be paid along with the salary from June 1, while the arrears will be credited to general provident fund accounts of the employees, while another part will be deposited in their National Pension Scheme accounts, the order stated.
The revised DA rates will be applicable only to regular Govt employees. The expenditure on account of the increased DA will be met from existing budget provisions of the concerned departments, the order said.
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