Odisha DA Hike: There is good news for the employees and pensioners of Odisha’s public sector undertakings. Before Dussehra, the Mohan Charan Majhi government of the state has announced a 2% hike in dearness allowance and dearness relief for its employees and pensioners.
The new rates will be applicable from January 2025, hence arrears from January to August 2025 will also be given. 8.5 lakh employees and pensioners will benefit from this. Earlier, the Odisha government had increased the dearness allowance for government employees by 3% in October 2024, after which the DA increased from 50% to 53%. Dearness allowance of Odisha employees increased by 2%, now they will get 55% benefit
The Odisha government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) of public sector employees by 2%, increasing their dearness allowance (DA) from 53% to 55%. This increase will be effective January 1, 2025, and will also include arrears from January to August 2025. It is likely that the increased DA and arrears will be credited to the September salary, which will be paid in October.
Let us tell you that recently the Manik Saha government of Tripura has also increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief of its employees and pensioners by 3%, after which the DA has increased from 33% to 36%. The new rates will be applicable from October 2025, hence the amount will increase in the account from November.
More than 1.5 lakh government employees and 84,000 pensioners will get its benefit. Let us tell you that the Seventh Central Pay Commission (CPC) was implemented in the state from October 1, 2018. Till now, 33% DA and DR have been released to the state government employees and pensioners in six installments.
Central employees and pensioners will also get a gift in October. The central government revises the rates of dearness allowance and dearness relief for central government employees and pensioners twice each year, in January and July, based on inflation. These rates depend on the semiannual All India Consumer Price Index data, which is released between January and June and July and December each year.