Shimla Aug 15 (IANS) 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.
The Chief Minister earlier hoisted the national flag.
A cultural programme was organised by school students and contingents of police Home Guards National Cadet Corps and Indo-Tibetan Border Police took part in a parade.
Similar Independence Day functions were organised in all the 12 districts of the state.
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