Bengal to give 7% more DA to employees

The West Bengal government will give seven per cent more to the existing Dearness Allowance to its employees, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today.

The enhanced DA will be given from the end of next January, Banerjee said on arrival at the Bagdogra airport here from Kolkata.

The chief minister, on a tour to north Bengal, will stay in Coochbehar tonight.