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7th Pay Commission: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has approved a 3% increase in dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for about 28 lakh state government employees and pensioners, according to an official statement. With this, the revised DA and DR now stand at 58% of basic pay with effect from July 1, 2025, compared with 55% earlier.

The state government will bear an additional expenditure of Rs 1,960 crore until March 2026. Of this, Rs 795 crore will be the extra cash outgo in November 2025, while Rs 185 crore will be credited to the General Provident Fund (GPF) accounts of employees under the Old Pension Scheme.

Additionally, payment of arrears for the period between July and September 2025 will entail an additional burden of over Rs

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