The DA hike will benefit as many as six lakh state government employees, apart from 4.5 lakh pensioners and around three lakh staff employed with various boards and corporations in the state. It added that these orders will apply to full time government employees, employees of zilla panchayats, full time employees of aided educational institutions and universities who are on regular time scales of pay. The last DA hike was announced in October 2019, soon after Yediyurappa came to power in Karnataka. The DA hike is expected to result in an additional burden of around Rs 7,000 crore on the state exchequer. State employees draw Rs 10,000 to Rs 40,000 less than their counterparts in the Centre.

Source: dna July 27, 2021 02:03 UTC