After the Centre, now the process of increasing DA has started by the state governments. After Rajasthan, UP and Assam, now before Akshaya Tritiya, the Majhi government of Odisha has announced an increase in DA. Currently, state employees and pensioners are getting the benefit of 53% dearness allowance and relief.
Odisha DA Hike 2025: The central government has increased the dearness allowance of central employees by 2%, after which DA has increased from 53% to 55% from January 2025. After the Center, now the state governments have started increasing DA. After Rajasthan, UP and Assam, now the Mohan Charan Majhi government of Odisha has also increased the dearness allowance of its employees and pensioners.
According to an official release by the Chief Minister’s Office, it has been decided to increase the DA / DR of employees and pensioners by 2%, after which DA has increased from 53% to 55%. The new rates will be applicable from January 1, 2025. This will benefit 8.5 lakh employees and pensioners of the state. Employees will get the increased amount in May along with the salary of April.
Arrears of 3 months will also be given
The new rates will be applicable from January 2025, so the arrears of January, February and March will also be given in May along with the salary of April. This increase will be done under the 7th Pay Commission. Earlier, in October 2024, the Mohan Charan Majhi government of Odisha had increased the DA of employees and pensioners by 3% from July 2024, after which the DA increased from 50 to 53%.
