6 percent hike in Haryana employees dearness allowance

Haryana government on Thursday released another instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to the state government employees with effect from July 1, 2015.

Haryana government on Thursday released another instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to the state government employees with effect from July 1, 2015.

Haryana government on Thursday released another instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to the state government employees with effect from July 1, 2015. (HT Photo)

The finance minister Captain Abhimanyu said in a statement that the employees would get DA at the rate of 119 percent of their basic pay thus registering an increase of 6 percent in the dearness allowance. At present they were getting 113 percent, he said.

Meanwhile, the arrears of the hiked DA of 6 percent from July 1, 2015 would be given in cash. Captain Abhimanyu added that the state exchequer would thus bear an additional burden of over Rs 314.39 crore annually.