Shimla, Aug 16: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday announced a 4 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) for government employees and pensioners from January 1, 2018.
Addressing a gathering in Rampur, some 120 km from here, on the occasion of India’s Independence Day, he announced that the DA arrears would be paid along the September salary.