India, March 15 -- Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Chhattisgarh government on Friday announced to raise the dearness allowance (DA) of the state employees by four per cent points under the seventh pay scale ahead of Lok Sabha elections effective from 1 March 2024, officials said.

Addressing a press conference here, chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced several other key decisions, including benefiting government employees, pensioners, and media professionals.

According to officials, besides increasing the DA, which now stands at 46 per cent for government employees and 230 per cent for those under the sixth pay scale, the state would also pay the final instalment of arrears to employees under the seventh pay scale.

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