DA hiked by 4% for govt employees

Panaji: The state government has enhanced the dearness allowance (DA) to its employees by 4% with effect from January 1 of this year.

An office memorandum issued by the finance department on Wednesday stated that the government will adopt the office memorandum issued on April 3 by the central government  for enhancement of DA from 38% to 42% of the basic pay with effect from January 1, 2023 for its employees and employees of aided educational institutions.

The government has said the enhanced DA will be paid to the employees from April 2023 onwards along with arrears of the months from January to March 2023.