Chief Minister Shri Bhupesh Baghel had announced
Finance Department of Chhattisgarh Government issued order
Raipur, August 31, 2023
As per the announcement of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, the dearness allowance of pensioners, officers and employees of Chhattisgarh has been increased. The Finance Department of Chhattisgarh Government has issued an order for this today.
In the seventh pay scale, dearness allowance for basic pension/family pension has been increased by four percent. This benefit will be available from the first of July. After this increase, now the dearness relief has become 42 percent. Along with this, the dearness allowance of pensioners receiving basic pension/family pension of the sixth pay scale has been increased by 9 percent. This benefit will also be available from the first of July this year. With this increase, the total increase in dearness relief has become 221 percent.
It is noteworthy that regarding dearness relief to pensioners, the approval of both the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh is required. Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel had written a letter to the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan to give approval in this regard soon. After this, as soon as the approval was received. An immediate decision was taken to provide the benefit of increase in dearness relief to pensioners.
