DA hike: The West Bengal government has announced a 20% increase in dearness allowance for state government employees and pensioners, according to a PTI report.
The announcement came in the state’s newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s maiden full budget announcement by West Bengal Finance Minister, Swapan Dasgupta today, on 22 June, in the state assembly.
Further, it said that all major social schemes started by the previous governments will be retained and that the state plans to fill up one lakh government vacancies, the report added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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