The Uttarakhand Finance Department has issued orders to hike Dearness Allowance (DA) by 4% to the state employees and pensioners. This decision comes after the approval of the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami. So the DA now has increased from 42 to 46% in the state.
Redirecting to the official release from the Chief Minster’s Office (CMO), “The benefits of the orders issued by Secretary Vinay Shankar Pandey will be available to the employees drawing the fifth and sixth pay scales as well as the employees drawing the seventh revised pay scale.”
“While the dearness allowance of employees drawing fifth and sixth pay scales was increased from 212 percent to 221 percent and from 396 percent to 412 percent, respectively,” said the release.
Meanwhile, the DA for the employees on the sixth pay scale who are being given a DA as of July 1, 2022, has been increased from 203 % to 212 %.
However, the Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the state will soon implement the UCC (Uniform Civil Code) as well as in the assembly. The UCC is an idea to formulate and implement personal laws that will be applicable uniformly, regardless of caste, religion, or sex.