Due to the constitutional obligation of Section 49(6) of the Madhya Pradesh State Reorganization Act 2000, it is mandatory to take permission from the Government of Chhattisgarh.
According to Section 49 of the State Reorganization Act, the state has to take consent before increasing the dearness relief, because 74 percent of the economic burden that comes from it is borne by Madhya Pradesh and 26 percent by Chhattisgarh. This provision is applicable to the pensioners of undivided Madhya Pradesh.
MP Pensioners DR Hike 2023: There is good news for 4.5 lakh pensioners (7th Pay Commission) of Madhya Pradesh. Before Holi, the Shivraj government of the state is preparing to give the gift of dearness relief to the pensioners. There is news that the state government is going to increase the DR of pensioners once again, for this the MP Finance Department has sent a proposal to the Chhattisgarh government and has sought approval to implement it, if it is approved then the pensioners will see a bumper increase. Who will get
Soon you will get the benefit of 38 percent dearness relief
At present MP pensioners are getting the benefit of 33% dearness relief, while government employees are being given 38% dearness allowance, in such a situation now the Shivraj government is preparing to increase the dearness relief of pensioners by 5%. So that the DR of pensioners increases from 33 per cent to 38 per cent. For this, the Finance Department has made a proposal and sent it to the Bhupesh Baghel government of Chhattisgarh for approval, its orders will be issued as soon as approval is received from here and then pensioners’ pension will start increasing.
Finance Department wrote a letter
The special thing is that it will be implemented from January 2023. For this, the Secretary of the Finance Department has written a letter to the Finance Department of the Government of Chhattisgarh seeking consent. Orders will be issued as soon as the Chhattisgarh government’s consent is received. Please tell that when the dearness allowance of the employees was increased to 34 percent, then the dearness relief was made to 33 percent because the Chhattisgarh government had agreed to increase it by only five percent.
It is mandatory to take permission from Chhattisgarh government
Please tell that due to the constitutional obligation of Section 49 (6) of the Madhya Pradesh State Reorganization Act 2000, it is mandatory to take permission from the Government of Chhattisgarh. According to Section 49 of the State Reorganization Act, the state has to take consent before increasing the dearness relief, because 74 percent of the economic burden that comes from it is borne by Madhya Pradesh and 26 percent by Chhattisgarh. This provision is applicable to the pensioners of undivided Madhya Pradesh.
Last time there was an increase in November
Significantly, earlier in November, five percent dearness relief was increased. According to the order issued by the Finance Department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh, an increase in 5 percent dearness relief to 4.50 lakh pensioners of the state was implemented from October 1, 2022. In this, dearness relief of pensioners receiving pension under the sixth pay scale was increased by 12% and Relief increase of 5% was given to the pensioners under the seventh pay scale. At present, the pensioners under the sixth pay scale are getting the benefit of 201% and the pensioners under the seventh pay scale are getting 33% dearness relief.
