The Tamil Nadu Government today announced a 7 per cent DA hike for its employees with effect from January 1 this year.
This was announced by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, in the Assembly in a suo motu statement.
“Like the central government employees DA, which was hiked by seven per cent from January 1 this year, I am happy to announce a seven per cent hike in DA for state government employees, teachers, pensioners and beneficiaries of family pensioners,” she said.
The hike would be paid in cash, she said.
The hike would also benefit officials and teachers of local body and government-aided institutions, village assistants in the revenue department, workers of anganwadi and nutritious meal schemes.
Over 18 lakh employees and pensioners would benefit from the hike, which would cost the state exchequer an annual expenditure of Rs 1,383.49 crore, she said.