Dehradun, Aug. 2 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) OBC Morcha National President and Rajya Sabha MP Dr K Laxman met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence on Saturday in a courtesy visit.

They discussed various contemporary topics during their meeting.

Earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami approved the increase in the existing rate of dearness allowance admissible to those employees of the State Government and State Autonomous Bodies/Undertakings who are drawing their salaries and allowances in the pay band/grade pay applicable as per the recommendations of the Fifth and Sixth Central Pay Commissions, from January 1.

The increase would be from 455 per cent to 466 per cent for the fifth pay scale...