Baghel unveils 4% DA hike for govt employees
Hindustan TimesChhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday made pre-poll announcements worth ₹2,000 crore during discussion on supplementary budget in the on-going monsoon assembly session. Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel made these announcements while responding to the debate on the proposals for the first supplementary budget of the current fiscal year 2023-24 Among the several sops for state government employees, Baghel also announced a hike of 4% in Dearness Allowance for about five lakh government employees, a move that comes ahead of the assembly polls due this year-end.This is for the second time this month that the incumbent Congress government has increased the DA of employees. As the Chhattisgarh government tables the first supplementary budget for 2023-24 fiscal to seek approval of the House, Baghel announced a 27% increase in the salary of 37,000 contract workers, costing the state an additional expenditure of ₹350 crore. Baghel made these announcements while responding to the debate on the proposals for the first supplementary budget of the current fiscal year 2023-24.
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