The increase in dearness relief will be paid to the pensioners from July 1, 2023, and in the month of August itself, before Raksha Bandhan, the arrears of one month’s increased dearness relief amount will also be paid to the pensioners.
Before the assembly elections, the Shivraj government has also gifted 17000 pensioners of urban bodies, the government has decided to increase the dearness relief (DR) given to them by 5 percent, with this increase the dearness relief of pensioners will be 38%. Has gone, this will benefit them up to 4 thousand rupees every month.
5 percent increase in DR of pensioners of urban bodies
Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra Singh has told that after Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan increased the dearness relief to the pensioners of the state government by 5 percent, the Urban Development and Housing Department is also getting pension according to the seventh pay scale of the urban bodies of the state. Dearness relief of 17 thousand pensioners has been increased by 5 percent. With this, pensioners will benefit from Rs 400 to Rs 4 thousand every month.
Arrears will be received before Raksha Bandhan
The increase in dearness relief will be paid to the pensioners from July 1, 2023, and in the month of August itself, before Raksha Bandhan, the arrears of one month’s increased dearness relief amount will also be paid to the pensioners. Pensioners of urban bodies were getting 33 percent dearness relief from October 1, 2022, in which after increasing by 5 percent, now the total dearness relief has become 38 percent.
Pensioners who got sixth pay scale also benefited
Minister Bhupendra Singh told that the dearness relief has also been increased by 11 percent for the pensioners of the urban bodies who were getting pension according to the sixth pay scale. Due to this, their dearness relief amount has also increased from 201 percent to 212 percent. Due to this increase in dearness relief, an additional financial burden of Rs 1.25 crore per month on the pension fund will fall on the government.