Pending DA arrears will be paid: Nitin Patel

Gandhinagar: Deputy CM and state finance minister Nitin Patel on Friday said that 9.61 lakh government employees and pensioners will get their pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears.

Patel said that the state government will have to bear an additional financial burden of Rs 464 crore as a result of the decision.

The state government had announced that a 5% DA increase would be given to government employees and pensioners with effect from July 1, 2019. This was implemented from January 2020 and is being given every month with salaries and pension, a government statement said.

The arrears for July 2019 to September 2019 have already been paid, while the arrears for October 2019 to December 31, 2019 will be paid with the August salary and pension, the government said on Friday.


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