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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a 3 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for 49.19 lakh central government employees and 68.72 lakh pensioners. Effective from July 1, 2025, the hike will cost Rs 10,083.96 crore annually

The Telangana Retired Employees and Teachers Associations Joint Action Committee (JAC) has thrown its full support behind the Pensioners JAC protest scheduled for August 11, demanding the Congress government honor its promises to employees and pensioner

Demands immediate action on all poll promises, including DA payments, retirement dues, reinstating of old pension scheme

Former Minister Srinivas Goud accused the Congress government of betraying employees by delaying DA dues and retirement benefits. He demanded immediate release of pending allowances and the implementation of the old pension scheme, warning that ignoring employee welfare could destabilise governance.

Since October last, not a single meeting has been conducted by the Cabinet sub-committee. This reflects their commitment towards our issues, says TGEJAC member

He said the Congress administration under Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was reviving “Razakar-style” governance by curtailing public gatherings and celebrations, terming it public harassment rather than delivering people's governance.

Deviprasad emphasized that the DA owed since July 22, which was approved by the previous government and sent to the Election Commission for approval, should be disbursed to satisfy employees. He questioned the Congress government's commitment to workers, noting that their election manifesto promised the immediate payment of pending DAs. However, only one payment has been made in the past ten months, leaving four still outstanding.

The new Metro lines would be laid on the Nagole- Shamshabad, Raidurgam- Kokapet, MGBS to Chandrayangutta, Miyapur- Patancheru and LB Nagar – Hayathnagar routes. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared and the same would be sent to the Centre for approval.

Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao lashed out at the Congress government for failing the people of Telangana on all fronts. He stated that there was widespread dissatisfaction among employees, students, farmers, labourers and women, who were forced to stage protests against the government’s inaction. “The Congress government lied to everyone. Five DAs (Dearness […]

The DA and DR have been increased from 50% to 53%, effective from July 1. This hike, announced ahead of Diwali, provides significant relief to about one crore Central government employees and pensioners, helping to offset inflation through the biannual revision.

The Employees JAC demanded the State government to clear arrears of four Dearness Allowances payable to employees and address their long-pending issues by amending in GO Ms 317.

The revised rate would come into effect from January 1, 2024 for employees, artisans, pensioners and family pensioners.

Employee associations from different departments have already submitted representations appealing for a pay hike of 45-50%

Knowing about the incident, District Coordinator of Hospital Services (DCHS) Dr Sudakshina Devi lodged a complaint with the Commissioner, Vaidya Vidhana Parishad besides suspending a record assistant.

Special Chief Secretary Shamsher Singh Rawat issued a government order on Friday night for the release of DA to government employees for the period from July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021

Additionally, non-gazetted employees will receive a bonus equivalent to 30-day emoluments, with a maximum limit of Rs 7,000.

Briefing reporters about the decisions of the union cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said the decision will be implemented from July 1 this year.

The corporation on Saturday announced the sanction of 5 per cent DA which is to be paid from January this year and added that it would be included and paid from September salary.

Employees and pensioners are provided with the DA to offset the impact of rising prices.

State government on Monday issued orders (GO Ms 50) revising the Dearness Allowance (DA) to government employees