Govt Employees
DA effective from July 1
The finance ministry yesterday published a gazette notification, providing the government officials with 20 percent dearness allowance effective retrospectively from July 1.
According to the gazette, officials and employees of government, semi-government, autonomous and state-owned banks, financial institutions and MPO-listed educational institutions will see their salary increased by a minimum of Tk 1,500 and Tk 6,000 at the maximum under this allowance.
The announcement came a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s declaration that the government decided to provide public servants with 20 percent dearness allowance (DA) and form a permanent pay commission.
On Sunday, while addressing a programme of Peshajibi Samonnoy Parishad (professionals coordination council) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, the premier said the maximum pay rise for the government officials and employees would be around Tk 6,000.
The process of forming the permanent pay commission is on, she added.
-With The Daily Star input
