The State government has announced a hike in different allowances paid to employees and pensioners.
The development comes as part of the culmination of 21-day celebrations to commemorate 10th year of State formation. The Finance department has issued a series of orders effecting the hike in allowances for different categories of employees. The travelling a conveyance allowance of the employees has been increased by 30% so also is the travelling allowance given to the transferred employees.
Lift operators and drivers working on holidays would be paid ₹150 more while the compensatory allowance for staff working in Scheduled Areas has been increased by 30%. Conveyance for divyang (differently abled) category employees has been hiked from ₹2,000 a month to ₹3,000 and the limit of house building advance has been raised from ₹20 lakh to ₹30 lakh.
