India, Nov. 9 -- The Punjab government has approved a 40% increase in Dearness Allowance for 6,507 computer teachers and regularised the services of 1,007 non-teaching employees working under the Samagra Shiksha programme, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann said on November 7.

The decisions were announced as a Diwali benefit for state employees. The DA for computer teachers working under PICTES will rise from 181% to 221%, according to the government.

Mann said the increase had been approved for 6,507 computer teachers. He described the decision as a major benefit for employees on the occasion of the festival. The announcement did not specify when the revised DA would come into effect.

The government has also regularised the services o...