Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has announced to pay 4 percent DA for the state government employees and pensioners from January 1, 2023.
Addressing a press conference at Shimla on Friday the CM also announced to pay the salary and pension of the employees on October 28 for the month of October, before the festival of Deepawali.
He said , “ The decision to pay DA to the employees and pensioners would benefit nearly 1.80 lakh employees and 1.70 lakh pensioners for which the state government will bear an extra burden of approximately Rs 600 crore per year .”
The CM said, “All pending medical bills of employees and retirees will be cleared soon as the state government has already made a provision of nearly Rs 10 crore; all concerned departments have been directed to clear the pending medical
Bills this month and assured adequate funds will be provided for paying the medical bills, “the CM said.
He announced to pay the entire amount of pending arrears to all the pensioners above 75 years of age and an additional installment of an arrear of Rs 20,000 for Class IV employees soon.
Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena, Principal Secretary Finance Devesh Kumar and Secretary to the CM, Rakesh Kanwar were also present in the press conference.
