The Telangana government has revised the Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees from 27.248% of the basic pay to 30.392% of the basic pay from July 1, 2018.
The Telangana government has revised the Dearness Allowance (DA) for its employees from 27.248% of the basic pay to 30.392% of the basic pay from July 1, 2018.
The DA hike will also be applicable to the employees of zilla parishads, mandal parishads, gram panchayats, municipalities, municipal corporations, agricultural market committees and zilla grandhalaya samasthas, and work-charged establishments, who have been drawing pay in a regular scale in the revised pay scales of 2015.
The teaching and non-teaching staff of aided institutions, including aided polytechnics, who are drawing pay in a regular scale in the revised pay scales, 2015; and the teaching and non-teaching staff of universities, including the Professor K Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University and the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, who are drawing pay in a regular scale in the Revised Pay Scales, 2015; are also eligible for the hike.
The government also revised the DA for the State government employees drawing revised UGC pay scales, 2006, from 142% to 148% of the basic pay with effect from July 1, 2018.
The DA hike is also applicable to the teaching and non-teaching staff of government and aided affiliated degree colleges, who are drawing pay in the revised UGC pay scales, 2006; and for the teaching staff of the universities, including the Professor K Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University and the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, and the teaching staff of government polytechnics, who are drawing pay in the revised UGC/AICTE pay scales, 2006.
The State government also revised the DA for judicial officers whose pay scales were revised as per the E Padmanabhan Committee Report, from 142% to 148% from July 1, 2018.
The DAs at the revised rates will be paid starting with the salaries for June 2019. The arrears on account of the revision of the DA for the period from July 1, 2018, to May 31, 2019, will be credited to the General Provident Fund Account of the respective employees. However, in the case of employees who are due to retire on or before September 30, 2019, the arrears of the DA will be paid in cash.