The state government has issued orders to increase the dearness allowance by 4 percent to the government servants. After the order of increase in dearness allowance, the dearness allowance rate will increase to a total of 38 percent from January 1, 2023 (payment month February 2023).
At present, dearness allowance at the rate of 34 per cent was being given to government servants in the seventh pay scale from August 1, 2022.
50 paise or more in the rate of dearness allowance shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee and the amount less than 50 paise shall be ignored.
No part of Dearness Allowance shall be treated as salary for any purpose.
The state government has also given instructions that the expenditure incurred on payment of dearness allowance to the government servants should not exceed the provision of the approved budget of the concerned department for the current year.