West Bengal Raises DA By 20%; State Employees To Get 38% Allowance From October

Summary

The West Bengal government has announced a twenty percent increase in Dearness Allowance for state government employees, taking the total allowance to thirty-eight percent from October first, two thousand twenty-six. This revised allowance will provide relief to lakhs of state employees and will come into effect from October first. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta while presenting the two thousand twenty-six to two thousand twenty-seven Budget in the Assembly.