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Kerala DA hike: The Kerala government, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, has ordered an enhancement of the Dearness Allowance (DA) for teaching staff under the UGC, AICTE, and medical education schemes, and the Dearness Relief (DR) for UGC pensioners and family pensioners in the state. The finance department said the rate of DA payable to teaching staff under these schemes, who shifted to the revised scale from January 2016 or later, will be increased from 42 per cent to 46 per cent, PTI reported.

Dearness Allowance (DA) rate for teaching staff

The department said that the DA rate for teaching staff under the UGC, AICTE, and medical education schemes, who continue in the sixth pay scale effective from January 2006 or thereafter, will be enhanced from 221 per cent to 230 per ce