Maharashtra to pay dearness allowance hike arrears

MUMBAI: The

cash-strapped

state government has decided to release long-pending

arrears

of a

dearness allowance

(DA) hike given to employees in 2019.


The payout for six months’ worth of arrears, expected to cost Rs 2,000 crore, will be given this month. Arrears of the 3% DA hike will be given for January to June 2019.

Officials said with several allowances deferred due to Covid-19, they had to start making some payments. “If we do not release some now, the

burden in two years

will be too high,” said a finance department official.
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