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Government Hike DA: This increased dearness allowance for state government employees and pensioners has come into effect from July 1, 2023 and soon the employees-pensioners will get the amount along with arrears.
Sikkim government has announced a new scheme for government employees and pensioners Dearness allowance has been increased by 4 percent. This increased dearness allowance has been considered effective from 1 July 2023.
Sikkim's Tamang government took a big decision
The Tamang government of Sikkim has increased the DA of employees and pensioners to 46 percent in its first cabinet meeting. Implementing this will put a total financial burden of Rs 174.6 crore on the state government this financial year. The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha government has made the state government happy by taking this decision.
What did the Chief Minister say after the first cabinet meeting of the Sikkim government?
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) chief Tamang said his government's priority in this term would be electricity, water, roads, health, education and employment. The SKM chief said his party won the assembly elections due to the development work done by his government despite facing serious challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic.
On his party's support to the Modi government, he said that we had supported the NDA even in its first term. We will always support the NDA because it has supported our state. Tamang also said that earlier Sikkim did not get any support from the central government, but since Narendra Modi ji came to power, we are getting full support for the development of the state.
There were also discussions with officials
After the increase of 4 per cent in dearness allowance, it has reached 46 per cent and the Sikkim government is fully capable of handling the financial burden of Rs 174.6 crore in the current financial year, officials said.
