Bhopal. In Madhya Pradesh, employee officers are demanding increase in dearness allowance i.e. DA. Like the Centre, employees have started agitating for DA. After the 3 percent increase in dearness allowance for central employees, the pressure on the state government has increased. In such a situation, the state government is also likely to announce increase in dearness allowance soon. Here the state government has said that it will give Rs 4,000 to the employees on Diwali. This amount will be given as festival advance, however, the employees are calling it inadequate and demanding an increase.
Madhya Pradesh employees are being given Rs 4000 as festival advance on Diwali by the state government. Not all employees will get this benefit. There are 7.50 lakh regular employees in the state and around 10 lakh employees including corporations, boards and cooperative institutions. Of these, only 1.50 lakh employees will be able to get festival advance amount. Employees will have to return this Rs 4 thousand with 6.50 percent interest.
Actually, there are strict rules for festival advance amount. Only those with monthly salary less than Rs 30,000 get this benefit. Along with Diwali, the government also gives this amount on more than half a dozen other festivals. Festival advance is given on Dussehra, Diwali, Holi, Rakshabandhan as well as Eid and Christmas. Not only this, employees can also take festival advance on national festivals like Independence Day and Republic Day.
The government has made a provision to give Rs 4,000 to the employees as festival advance. This amount will be deposited in the accounts of the employees. The employee taking the advance will have to return the amount in 10 installments with 6.50 percent interest. The installment of festival advance will be deducted from the employee’s salary.
On Diwali, festival advance amount will be given to Assistant Grade-3, Charged-Contingency Fund employees and servants. Permanent employees, daily wage earners and part-time employees will not get this amount. Assistant Grade-3 with more than 10 years of service and servants with more than 20 years of service will also not get the benefit of festival advance.
Along with dearness allowance, the employees of the state are also demanding increase in the amount of festival advance. Employees say that the state government has not increased it for 14 years. The Rs 4000 being given as festival advance is very less.
Source : palpalindia
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