Telangana State Government Staff to Get 26.39% DA

 Hyderabad: A day before Diwali, the state government on Wednesday issued orders increasing the Dearness Allowance (DA) of state government employees from 22.75 per cent of basic pay to 26.39 per cent of basic pay from July 1, 2022.

The revision of Dearness Allowance will be applicable to the employees of zilla parishads, mandal parishads, gram panchayats, municipalities, municipal corporations, agricultural market committees and Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha, Work Charged Establishment, who are drawing pay in a regular scale of pay in the Revised Pay Scales, 2020. Teaching and non-teaching staff of aided institutions including aided polytechnics who are drawing pay in a regular scale of pay in the revised Pay Scales, 2020.

The rate of Dearness Allowance to all the employees drawing UGC/ AICTE Pay Scales, 2016 is revised from the existing 34 per cent to 38 per cent on the basic pay to the teaching staff of universities, government aided and affiliated degree colleges, medical colleges who were drawing UGC Pay Scales and teaching staff of Polytechnics, drawing AICTE Pay Scales, 2016.