As a Durga Puja present, the Odisha government on Friday introduced an 11 per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for its personnel and pensioners powerful from July 1 this 12 months, officials said.
The more suitable DA will gain round four lakh ordinary employees and 3.Five lakh pensioners, a release issued with the aid of the Chief Minister's Office said, including that the DA at the salary of the authorities staffers has now long past up to 28 per cent from 17 per cent.
The employees will get their multiplied profits from October and they may additionally get the 3 months' hiked DA in cash.
In every other development, the kingdom authorities, in its bid to extend extra economic blessings to its personnel in case of loss of life at the same time as in carrier, has effected modifications inside the Group Insurance Scheme (GIS).
Under the revised plan, the personnel in grade pay up to Rs 4,800, who have been paying Rs 7,500 for GIS, now need to pay Rs 20,000. The own family of such personnel, who were getting Rs 1.Five lakh in case of demise, might now get Rs four lakh.
Similarly, the GIS fee for the staffers getting Rs 5,400 and above has been improved from Rs 12,000 to Rs 30,000. Their households could get Rs 6 lakh under the revised scheme rather than Rs 2.Five lakh previously.
The improved GIS amount will be deducted from the salaries of the personnel in 10 instalments as before, the CMO launch said.
This apart, the state government has additionally accelerated the funeral allowance from Rs five,000 to Rs 10,000 for each the grade pay.
The GIS is a social security plan for government personnel. In case of the demise of an employee in service, his or her circle of relatives gets financial advantages.
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