7th Pay Commission: Good news for these employees and pensioners, set to get windfall

7th Pay Commission: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has announced a 5 percent Dearness Allowance hike for state government employees and pensioners. The allowance which help the employees to cope with the impact of rising inflation - it will be raised with effect from July 7, 2019. Photo: Reuters

7th Pay Commission: This step of HP government will help around  5 lakh employees and pensioners and would provide the financial benefits of Rs 250 crore to the employees.HP Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said that in order to check development work,  the golden jubilee year of the statehood would be celebrated by organising 51 programmes throughout the year across Himachal Pradesh. Lets’s know how many people are going to get benefit out of this. Photo: Reuters

7th Pay Commission: The step taken by the HP government will help around 5 lakh people. There are 2.4 lakh people employed in public and Semi-government sector and the number of retired government employees is 1.71 lakh. Photo: Reuters

7th Pay Commission: Currently, Himachal Pradesh has 2,63,798 senior citizens, who are receiving social security pension of Rs 1,500 per month. Photo: Reuters

7th Pay Commission: Earlier other states have hiked the dearness allowance too. The state like Odisha and Gujarat had raised the Dearness Allowance for its government employees and pensioners and the states, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh government are also expected to announce a DA hike to provide relaxation to their employees to protect them from the effects of inflation. Photo: Reuters

The 7th pay commission was established in February 2014 to review the principles and structure of emoluments of all central government civilian employees including the defence forces. Photo: Reuters