7th Pay Commission Updates: 5 percent hike in dearness allowance of government employees and pensioners
Sushant Chaudhary told reporters that the Council of Ministers has approved a proposal to increase the dearness allowance of its employees by five percent despite the paucity of resources. Due to this, the government will have to bear an additional annual burden of Rs 523.80 crore.
Staff Editor 
7th pay commission: A good news has come for the government employees on Wednesday. In fact, the Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha-led cabinet has approved a proposal to increase the dearness allowance by five percent for government employees and pensioners. State Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Sushant Chaudhary has given information in this regard.
Dearness allowance hiked by five percent
The proposal to increase the dearness allowance of government employees and pensioners by five percent will be implemented from July 1. This decision has been taken by the government at a time when political activities have intensified in connection with the assembly elections to be held in Tripura in March next year.
Approval of the proposal to increase by five percent
Sushant Chaudhary told reporters on Tuesday night that the Council of Ministers has approved a proposal to increase the dearness allowance of its employees by five percent despite the paucity of resources. Due to this, the government will have to bear an additional annual burden of Rs 523.80 crore. A total of 1,88,494 people, including 1,04,683 regular employees and 80,855 pensioners, will be benefited by this decision of the Tripura government.
Dearness Allowance increased from 3% of basic pay to 8%
With this decision, the dearness allowance of the state government employees has increased from three percent of their basic salary to eight percent. But central government employees are getting 34 percent of the basic pay as dearness allowance. As a result, there is a gap of 26 per cent between the dearness allowance of central and state government employees. The Tripura Government Employees Federation (TGEF) has welcomed the decision.
What TGEF General Secretary Samar Roy said
TGEF General Secretary Samar Roy said, "We welcome the decision to increase the dearness allowance of government employees by five per cent but the gap with the central government employees is still huge." We are hopeful that the state government will reduce it."
