The Finance Department on Friday issued orders increasing the rate of dearness allowance (DA) of State government employees and teachers and dearness relief (DR) of pensioners from the existing 35% to 37%.
The October 17 order issued by the Finance Department applies to State government employees, teachers, full-time contingent employees and employees of local governments and the DR payable to State service pensioners, family pensioners, ex gratia pensioners and ex-gratia family pensioners.
DA and DR at the enhanced rate will be disbursed along with the salary and pension disbursed in November 2026. Orders regarding arrears with effect from November 1 will be issued separately.
The State government had enhanced the rate of DA and DR from 25% to 35% in February this year.
Published - October 17, 2026 10:19 pm IST