Announces to pay full pending arrear to pensioners above 75 years of age
Punjab Newsline, Shimla, October 11-
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced 4 percent DA for the employees and pensioners of the State benefitting 1.80 lakh employees and 1.70 lakh pensioners from 1st January, 2023 thereby bearing an extra burden of Rs. 600 crore per year on the State exchequer.
In addition to this, the CM announced that the employees and pensioners will receive their November salary and pension on 28th October ahead of Deepawali.He stated this while addressing media persons here today. The Chief Minister also announced to clear all the pending medical bills of employees and retirees for which a provision of Rs. 10 crores has already been made. He directed the concerned departments to clear all the pending medical bills this month and adequate budget will be provided to the departments for this as per their demand.
He also announced to pay the entire full amount of pending arrears to all the pensioners above 75 years of age.
He said that a total of Rs. 202 crore would be spent in this financial year over the salary and pension arrears.