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Today has brought a very strong and very good news for lakhs of government employees, teachers and pensioners of Uttar Pradesh. State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced the dearness allowance of state employees.DA) and dearness relief to pensioners (DR) In Great growth of 2% Has been given the green signal. After this historic and public-welfare decision, now the total dearness allowance of state employees of Uttar Pradesh increased from 58% to 60% The tough figure of Rs.
Deepak Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Finance Department of Uttar Pradesh, has also issued an official government order in this regard. This step of the government is sure to provide a huge and important financial relief to the middle class families amid rising inflation in the country’s largest state.
More than 16 lakh families will get direct financial benefits
This big decision of Yogi government is going to have a direct and positive impact on a very large workforce of Uttar Pradesh and their families:
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Who will get the benefit: This stringent decision will equally benefit all regular state employees, teachers and staff of government-aided educational and technical institutions, employees of urban local bodies and lakhs of elderly pensioners of the state.
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Big announcement of 4 months arrears: The most important thing about this policy is that the increased rates 1 January 2026 Will be considered effective from. This simply means that the arrears for the last four months from January 2026 to April 2026 will also be given in lump sum to the employees.
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Cash payment in May salary: According to the official government order, this increased 60% Dearness Allowance (DA) and the entire amount of arrears of the last four months will be paid in cash to the employees. Salary for May 2026 Which will be credited to their bank accounts in the beginning of the coming month of June.
Only 2% on paper, but it will cost crores of rupees to the government treasury.
Normally, this increase of 2% may seem minor or small, but when it comes to a huge and most populous state of the country like Uttar Pradesh, its meaning changes completely.
financial analysis: in the state more than 16 lakhs Active government employees and pensioners are present. Because of this, even this small increase of 2% will put a huge additional financial burden of several hundred crores of rupees every year on the State Exchequer of Uttar Pradesh. However, after this increase, there will be a big and respectable jump in the basic salary and total in-hand salary of the employees as per their pay matrix.
Decision taken on the draft of 7th Pay Commission of Central Government
Generally, under the financial rules, all the state governments of the country follow the decisions and almanac of the Central Government to revise the dearness allowance of their employees. Recently, the Central Government has 7th Pay Commission Under the rules, it was announced to increase DA for central employees from 58% to 60%.
Following the footsteps of this tough decision of the Centre, after progressive states like Bihar, Odisha and Tamil Nadu, now the Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh has also increased the DA of its employees to 60% without any delay. By joining this financial trend going on at the national level, Uttar Pradesh has once again proved its strong commitment towards the welfare of its employees. There is an atmosphere of great joy in all the employee organizations and unions of the state due to the news of receiving huge salaries and arrears in the beginning of June.
