Hyderabad, December 3: In a move to please all his employees, teachers and workers chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has decided at his first cabinet meeting to sanction a 8.56 percent hike in dearness allowance (DA) to state government employees which will be implemented from the month of July 2010. The arrears payable from July 1 to November 30 will be credited into the employees’ general provident fund accounts. The increase in terms of cash will be paid from December salary payable in January.
Briefing the media after the meeting, Information and Public Relations Minister D K Aruna told this.
The first cabinet meeting headed by chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy lasted for one and a half hours. Except Mr. V Vasant Kumar who announced his resignation expressing resentment over his portfolio all the other 38 ministers attended the meeting.
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