Hyderabad: The Telangana government has approved a 3.64% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state employees, effective July 1, 2022. The additional DA will be disbursed starting December 1 and included in the November salary.
According to the government’s decision, DA arrears from July 2022 to the current month will be credited to employees’ General Provident Fund (GPF) accounts. For employees enrolled in the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), 10% of the DA arrears will be deposited into their PRAN accounts, while the remaining 90% will be disbursed over 17 instalments.The state government has announced that CPS employees will receive the arrears in instalments starting February 2025. Similarly, for pensioners, the DA arrears will be distributed in 17 monthly instalments beginning in January of the coming year. (INN)