Lucknow (The Hawk): The Uttar Pradesh government approved an increase in the dearness allowance and dearness relief for its employees and retirees from 34% to 38% starting on July 1. This was done in advance of Diwali.
The Chief Minister's office announced in a tweet on Monday at midnight that Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, had decided to raise the rate of dearness allowance and dearness relief from the current 34% to 38% starting on July 1, 2022, "keeping in mind the wider interest of the state employees and pensioners/family pensioners."
More information is awaited.
(Inputs from Agencies)