Bihar Government Increases Dearness Allowance by 3% for Employees and Pensioners

The Samrat Chaudhary government of Bihar has given a big gift to the government employees and pensioners of the state before Chhath Mahaparv. The state government has increased the Dearness Allowance (DA) by 3 percent. The proposal was approved in the state cabinet meeting held on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. The 31 agendas have been approved in the meeting. This increase in DA will be effective from July 1, 2026. It will also provide the employees with the arrears of the previous months. According to the cabinet decision, the dearness allowance of the state government employees receiving salary under the seventh central pay scale has been increased from 60 percent to 63 percent. Similarly, the DA of the sixth pay scale employees has been increased from 262 percent to 269 percent and the dearness allowance of the fifth pay scale employees has been increased from 483 percent to 497 percent. The benefit of this decision of the government will also be available to the government servants as well as the pensioners and family pensioners. This decision is being seen in the cabinet meeting of 31 different departments, including the health department.