Tripura govt announced 12 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for state government employees and pensioners with effect from December 1

Ahead of next year’s assembly polls, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday declared a 12 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for state government employees and pensioners with effect from December 1.

With this the DA of government employees has increased from 8 per cent to 20 per cent.

Saha while talking to media persons in Agartala said that this will benefit a total of 1,04,600 regular employees and 80,800 pensioners. The government will incur additional expenditure of Rs 120 crore per month and Rs 1,440 crore per annum.


Saha said, "Despite shortage of resources, the government has revised the salary structures to give benefits to the lakhs of employees and their families".

The state is likely to go to assembly polls early next year.