DA hike news: The Jharkhand government, led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has hiked the dearness allowance (DA) of its employees to 58 per cent ahead of Diwali, officials said. The dearness relief (DR) for pensioners was also increased by 3 percentage points to 58 per cent, they said. Earlier, employees and pensioners used to get 55 per cent DA and DR, respectively, they added. The DA hike will be effective from July 1, officials said. The decision will benefit 3 lakh state government employees and pensioners. The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.

24 proposals were passed

A total of 24 proposals were passed by the state cabinet. Among them was a proposal to buy 207 Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances to strengthen healthca

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