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The beginning of the new year is now just a few days away. Earlier West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given a big gift. Mamata Banerjee announced that her government will increase the Dearness Allowance (DA) of all its employees by 4 percent from the first day of the new year. Mamata Banerjee said- I announce that all 14 lakh state government employees, teaching and non-teaching staff of all schools, colleges and universities, employees and pensioners of all government undertakings will be given four percent DA from January 1, 2024. You will get more installments.
What did the Chief Minister say? Mamata Banerjee said that her government will have to bear an additional cost of Rs 2,400 crore for DA increase. He said, “DA is not mandatory for us but optional. Considering the welfare of the employees we are increasing the DA by 4 percent.
Ongoing opposition to allowances
Let us tell you that government employees of West Bengal Dearness Allowance They have been protesting for almost a year demanding wage hike. Protests are also taking place for this. Recently, the police refused to allow the protesting government employees to sit on strike. After this, the employees approached the Kolkata High Court and got permission to go on strike tomorrow i.e. from 22nd December to 24th December.
Gift to employees of Meghalaya
Recently Meghalaya Chief Minister Konrad K. Sangma announced early release of December salaries for 55,000 government employees and a three percent increase in dearness allowance. The chief minister also shared an office memorandum of the finance department on the social media platform, in which it has been decided to increase the dearness allowance for employees and pensioners from the current 36 per cent to 39 per cent with effect from July 1.