The state government, following government employees, also increased dearness allowance by three percent for pensioners and family pensioners under the seventh pay scale. They will now receive 58 percent dearness allowance instead of 55 percent. Finance Secretary Dilip Jawalkar issued an order in this regard on Monday. On October 11, the government had increased dearness allowance by three percent for government employees receiving the seventh pay scale. Now, pensioners have also been given relief. Approximately 40,000 pensioners will benefit from this. They have been given dearness allowance effective July 1, 2025.
