10 per cent hike in dearness allowance for Bihar govt employees

Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday announced 10 per cent hike in dearness allowance to the state government employees, pensioners and school teachers. The dearness allowance has been increased from 80 to 90 per cent. It would come into effect from July 1, 2013.
According to Principal Secretary Cabinet Coordination Brajesh Mehrotra the decision followed a similar hike by the central government.

he DA hike would cost the state government an additional Rs 850 crore.

The cabinet also gave its nod for extension of terms of commission constituted for Kosi flood tragedy and judicial commission probing violence in Madhubani in the wake of the rumour of death of a school boy and a school girl, who were later found in Delhi.
The Kosi Commission has got an extension of six months––from October 1 to March 2014 and that on Madhubani from October 18 this year to April 17, 2014.