DA Hike: The Chief Minister stated that despite financial challenges, the government has taken this decision to financially support employees and pensioners. This increased DA will take effect on April 1st and will directly benefit thousands of state employees and pensioners.
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DA Hike: Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday announced a 5 percent increase in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for state government employees and pensioners, making a major announcement. This announcement comes as the state is approaching assembly elections, and the government is trying to provide relief to employees and pensioners. The Chief Minister said that despite financial challenges, the government has taken this decision to provide financial assistance to employees and pensioners.
What are the details?
This announcement was made when Finance Minister Pranjit Singhgharoay presented the budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the Assembly. Immediately after the budget speech, Chief Minister Manik Saha informed the House that the state government would be providing an additional 5 percent DA to employees. This increased DA will be effective from April 1st and will directly benefit thousands of state employees and pensioners.
Millions of employees will benefit
According to the government, this decision will benefit approximately 1.2 lakh regular government employees and approximately 81,000 pensioners and family pensioners. However, this decision will impose an additional burden of approximately ₹500 crore on the state treasury. Nevertheless, the government maintains that this decision was necessary to provide relief to employees and pensioners in times of rising inflation.
The gap will be 17 percent
Officials say that after this increase, the difference between the DA of state government employees and central government employees will also be reduced. Now, this difference will be around 17 percent. The government intends to further reduce this gap in the future, so that state employees can receive the same benefits as central government employees.
This announcement has been welcomed by employees’ and pensioners’ organizations. Several employee unions have called it a “timely decision.” They say that inflation has been rising for some time, and the DA increase will certainly provide some relief to employees’ household finances.
Political experts consider this decision significant from an electoral perspective. With the upcoming assembly elections in mind, the government is attempting to woo large vote banks like employees and pensioners. While this increase is expected to provide immediate relief to employees and pensioners, experts believe that given inflation, demands for further DA increases may continue.
