Uttar Pradesh authorities has hiked dearness allowance (DA) for its staff and dearness reduction to its pensioners by 4 p.c with impact from January 1, 2023.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted the choice on Tuesday and mentioned it could profit 16.35 lakh staff and 11 lakh pensioners within the state.
“Within the bigger curiosity of 16.35 lakh state staff and 11 lakh pensioners serving within the Uttar Pradesh authorities, the state authorities has determined to extend the speed of dearness allowance and dearness reduction by 4% from 38% to 42% with impact from January 1, 2023,” Yogi tweeted.
Senior officers of the state finance division remained unavailable for feedback.