Rajasthan govt announces 10 pc hike in DA

Rajasthan government today announced 10 per cent hike in dearness allowance of the state employees.

DA was 90 per cent and now 7 lakh employees and 3 lakh pensioners will get 100 per cent DA.

The decision will be affective from January 1, 2014 and will cause additional burden of Rs 1,250 crore to exchequer, a release said.