DA Hike In UP: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given a big gift to government employees before Diwali. The state government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) of state employees, aided educational and technical educational institutions, regular and full-time employees of urban local bodies, work-charged employees and post-holders working on the UGC pay scale. Yogi government has increased the dearness allowance of employees from 58 percent to 63 percent. Now the employees of UP will get dearness allowance at the rate of 63 percent. The increased rates will be applicable from July 1, 2026. Lakhs of employees of the state will benefit from this decision of the government.
Employees will also get arrears from July to October. UP employees will get the benefit of increased dearness allowance along with the salary for the month of November. This decision of the Yogi government is going to provide relief to the regular employees of the state along with aided educational institutions, urban local bodies and other eligible employee sections.
Arrangements for payment of 4 months arrears also decided
The government has cleared the way for payment of arrears of increased dearness allowance from July 1 to October 31, 2026. For employees associated with General Provident Fund (GPF), after deducting tax and surcharge, the entire amount of arrears will be transferred to the GPF account. This money will remain deposited in your account till November 1, 2027. In special circumstances, this money can be withdrawn prematurely.
Benefits fixed for NPS employees also
For National Pension Scheme (NPS) employees, the arrear money will be divided into three parts: 10 percent of the arrear amount will be deposited in their Tier-1 pension account. Apart from this, the state government, as an employer, will also deposit a contribution equal to 14 percent of the arrears in the Tier-1 account. The remaining 90 percent amount will be deposited in the PPF account or given as NSC. If NSC is not available, then only this remaining money will be given to you in cash.
Full arrears cash to retiring employees
The government has given special relief to retired and near-retirement employees. Those employees whose services have been terminated before the issuance of the Government Order, who have retired between July 1, 2026, the date of issue of the Government Order or are going to retire within the next 6 months, will be given the entire amount of the arrears of Dearness Allowance in cash.
fun of karnataka employees
Let us tell you that the Karnataka government has increased the DA for state government employees and pensioners from 15.75 percent to 18 percent. This increase will be considered effective from July 1, 2026. Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Announcing the decision on Thursday, Parameshwara said that the government has issued an order to increase DA for the employees getting salary under the revised pay scale of 2024. Now DA will be calculated on the basis of 18 percent of the basic salary, which was earlier 15.75 percent. This increase will also be applicable to retired state government employees and family pensioners as per the applicable rules.
DA of employees and pensioners increased by 3% in Jarat
Recently, the Gujarat government, giving a big gift to the employees and pensioners of the state, had announced a 3 percent increase in DA. More than 9.69 lakh families of the state will benefit from this decision. State government spokesperson and minister Jitu Vaghani said that the increased DA will be considered effective from July 1, 2026. With this, DA rates in Gujarat will become equal to those of central government employees.
Arunachal Pradesh government also gave a gift
At the same time, the Arunachal Pradesh government has increased the dearness allowance and dearness relief for state government employees and pensioners by 3 percent before Diwali. Now the amount of dearness allowance and dearness relief in the state has increased from 60 percent to 63 percent of the basic salary. This rate will be applicable from July 1.
Rajasthan government increased DA by 3%
Recently, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma gave a big gift to the state employees and pensioners and approved 3 percent increase in DA and DR. After this increase, DA and DR will increase from 60 percent to 63 percent. This will benefit more than 7 lakh government employees and more than 5 lakh pensioners of the state. The government says that this decision has been taken to provide additional financial relief to lakhs of families on the occasion of festival. The increased DA and DR will be considered effective from July 1, 2026.
Source: ndtv.in
