"All the pensioners and family pensioners will be given revised pension and other pensionary benefits with effect from January 1, 2016," HP CM added.
The DA is a part of the salary given to government employees and pensioners. Notably, the payment of DA of employees has not been revised since January 2020.
With this, the DA of the employees and pensioners has been increased from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. The hiked DA will be credited in the October salary, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement.
Rejecting the charge, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor has said that there is no discrepancy in the destitute pensions being distributed by the South Delhi civic body.
The ICA's long-standing demands include pension for former players who have played less than 25 first-class games, pension for widows of former cricketers and women domestic cricketers.
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The Pensioners' body also referred to an apex court order where the Supreme Court had held that pension is valuable right vested in a government servant.
The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of Cabinet Minister Brahm Mahindra and others in resolving the grievances of the 2.85 lakh employees and 3.07 lakh pensioners
“The finance department will soon issue a notification for the increase in dearness allowance for state government employees and pensioners," Nitish Kumar said.
This announcement to provide a financial benefit of Rs 450 crore to the employees and pensioners was made by the CM Jai Ram Thakur while presiding over a state-level function at historic Seri Manch in Mandi.
He said the decision seeks ease of living and better economic conditions for the Divyang or disabled survivors, who require greater medical care and financial assistance.
Vijayan, in a tweet, said that with Onam just round the corner it was necessary that poor people have money in their hands.
The DA revision was withheld in 2020 due to the financial stress on state coffers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Currently, there are restrictions under which PFMs can invest the equity component of a corpus only in scrips traded on the options and futures segment with a market cap of over Rs 5,000 crore.
The Centre has allowed banks to use social media apps such as WhatsApp alongside SMS and email to send pension slips to pensioners after their account is credited, an official order said Thursday. The decision was taken in order to "ensure ease of living" of the pensioners.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on July 13 said that the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet decided to provide additional pension of Rs 1,000 per month to widows of the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.
Sarfaraz, who is now settled in the UK, has also filed a petition in a local court against the Pakistan board.
The Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) has launched a new annuity plan. The new scheme is called -- LIC Saral Pension plan.
The state government has also arranged for the education of such children under various schemes.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced a monthly pension of Rs 4,000 under the Mukhyamantri Bal Seva Yojana.
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