Odisha increases 1% DA for state employees, pensioners

KalingaTV News Network

Bhubaneswar: In what could gladden the hearts of the state government employees and pensioners in the state, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik approved release of one percent DA (dearness allowance) for them on Thursday.

According to reports, the Chief Minister approved the release of one percent DA with effect from 1st July 2017. Now the DA will be 5 percent.

The pensioners drawing pension at the pre-revised rate will get an enhanced DA of 3 percent on the existing rate of 136 percent.