Tripura Govt announces 5% DA/DR for employees and pensioners
The BJP-led coalition government in Tripura on Wednesday announced 5% DA/DR for the government employees and pensioners.Briefing the cabinet decision on Wednesday, minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that the cabinet meeting, chaired by the Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, has decided 5% DA/DR for the employees and the pensioners as part of a Diwali gift for them.He said that the Chief Minister is focused on reducing the gap of DA/DR with that of the Central government, following which the 5% DA/DR was announced. With the payment of 5% DA/DR, state govt employees will get 30% against the 53% DA/DR of central govt employees, he said.Meanwhile, while briefing about other decisions taken in the cabinet meeting, the minister said that the cabinet has decided to increase the ration money of TSR jawans from Rs 1000 to Rs 2000, while for uniform the money has been increased from Rs 10000 to Rs 12000. He also said that the government has decided to set up gymnasiums in each TSR battalion in the state at the cost of Rs 5 lakh for each gymnasium.The government has also decided to increase the monthly honorarium of the doctors in the TSR battalions to Rs 60000, he told reporters, adding that the government has also decided to arrange promotion of at least 240 TSR jawans on ad-hoc basis.
