Jaipur, April 25 -- The Rajasthan Government has raised by 2 percent dearness allowance (DA) for state employees with retrospective effect from January 1, 2026.
The requisite approval and order effecting the hike was issued Thursday evening on the directive of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, an official spokesman said here.
With this, the state government employees will get the dearness allowance equal to 60 percent of the basic salary, instead of 58 per cent. An equal 2 per cent hike has also been effected in the dearness relief for the state government pensioners.
The arrears on account of the increased DA pertaining to first four months-January to April 2026, will be credited in the employee's GPF account. The month-wise cash payment...