CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday declared a 12% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for state government employees and pensioners with effect from December 1. With this, the state government employees’ DA has gone up from 8% to 20%.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Uttar Pradesh government has increased the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief to 38% for the state government employees and pensioners, with effect from July 1.

Detailed explanation-3: -The council of ministers approved the proposal for enhancing the dearness allowance payable to the state government employees to 38 per cent from the existing rate of 34 per cent with effect from July 1, 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The central government periodically revises the DA rates based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, which measures the changes in the prices of goods and services consumed by an average consumer. The central government employees DA Hike was announced in January 2023, and the rate has been increased by 4%.