Meghalaya Government enhanced dearness allowance/dearness relief from 43 percent to 46 percent

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaOctober 28, 2024

The Meghalaya Government on Monday has enhanced the dearness allowance/dearness relief for all categories of state government employees/pensioners and family pension holders from 43 percent to 46 percent with effect from July 1st this year.

According to notification issued, the orders shall also apply to the members of the work-charged establishment and casual workers, other than Bungalow Peons, holding posts in the pay levels as admissible to the employees of coresponding categories under the regular establishment/services/posts.

The Dearness Relief under these orders shall remain suspended if the pensioners/family pensioners are employed/re-employed under theState/Central Government or employed/re-employed permanenty absorbed in the State’s or Central Government’s Company, Corporation, Undertaking or Autonomous Body. It shall, however, be revived after the spell of such employment re-employment.

The payment on account of Dearness Allowance/ Dearness Relief involving fractions of 50 paise and above may be rounded off to the next higher rupee and the fraction of less than 50 paise may be ignored.

The payment on account of the Dearness Allowance/Dearness Relief sanctioned herein shall be debited to the respective heads of accounts from which the employees draw their salary and the pensioners/family pension holders, their pension.