India, Oct. 30 -- The Telangana government on Friday proposed increasing Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for employees, artisans and pensioners of state-run power utilities from 19.272 per cent to 21.815 per cent.

Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka has directed the chairmen and managing directors (CMDs) of the power utilities to prepare proposals for a hike of 2.543 percentage points, to be effective from July 1, 2026.

The proposed hike will impose an additional financial burden of Rs 14.63 crore per month on the state government.

The DA and DR are revised every six months, in January and July, based on changes in the All India Consumer Price Index released by the Labour Bureau under the Ministry of Labour.

The D...