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8.56% DA hike for State staff
Hyderabad: 8.56% DA Hike for State Staff, The State government on Wednesday issued orders increasing dearness allowance (DA) for the State government employees by 8.56 per cent payable from January 2014.
Hyderabad: The State government on Wednesday issued orders increasing dearness allowance (DA) for the State government employees by 8.56 per cent payable from January 2014. Some 12 lakh government employees including pensioners would be benefited from the DA hike. It is for the first time in the history of Andhra Pradesh that the DA is being enhanced during the President Rule. DA for this month will be paid along with the salary on May 24. The arrears of DA would be deposited in the GPF accounts of the employees.
DA percentage in the salary of an employee has gone up to 71.9 per cent following the fresh hike. The employees of Zilla Parishad, Mandal Parishad, Gram Panchayats, Municipalities, Municipal Corporations and Agriculture Market Committees and Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas, Work Charged Establishment, teaching and non-teaching staff of aided institutions including aided polytechnics would be benefited with this hike besides teaching and non-teaching staff of universities including Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.
