Tamil Nadu govt employees get 2% DA hike as CM Vijay raises allowance to 60%

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu main curate C Joseph Vijay connected Thursday announced a 2% hike successful dearness allowance (DA) for authorities authorities employees and teachers, expanding it from 58% to 60% with retrospective effect from January 1 this year.The determination is expected to payment astir 16 lakh authorities authorities employees, pensioners and household pensioners crossed the state.“The revised DA operation volition payment authorities authorities employees and teachers,” Vijay said successful a statement.The main curate said authorities employees and teachers play a important relation successful implementing payment schemes and ensuring the transportation of nationalist services crossed the state. The revised DA would beryllium extended to authorities employees connected par with the Union government’s revision, helium added.The hike volition effect successful an further yearly expenditure of ?1,230 crore for the authorities exchequer. The authorities said the indispensable further allocation would beryllium made keeping successful caput the payment of employees, teachers, pensioners and household pensioners.