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Karnataka raises DA for employees to 18%
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From 15.75% to 18%: the Karnataka DA hike and how dearness allowance differs from basic pay
DA lifted from 15.75% to 18%.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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The Karnataka government has raised dearness allowance for state employees and pensioners on the 2024 revised pay scale from 15.75 per cent to 18 per cent of basic pay, a Deepavali gift.
The order was announced under Chief Minister D.K.
Shivakumar.
ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು
Remember these
- Karnataka raised DA for state employees and pensioners from 15.75% to 18% of basic pay
- The hike applies to the 2024 revised pay scale
- Announced as a Deepavali gift under Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar
- Dearness allowance is paid to offset inflation and is calculated as a percentage of basic pay
- Beneficiaries include both serving employees and pensioners
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್
How the exam will ask it
ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್
- Dearness allowance is a cost-of-living adjustment paid to government employees and pensioners as a percentage of basic pay.
- State governments fix DA for their own employees, and it is usually revised in step with the central government's rates, though not bound to them.
- Karnataka's DA hike covers employees on the 2024 revised pay scale as well as pensioners.
ಮೇನ್ಸ್
GS Paper 2/3: State finances and administration. Issue: periodic DA revisions raise the salary and pension bill of states. Policy: DA is an inflation-linked adjustment on basic pay, revised by the state in line with price trends and pay commission norms. Implication: higher committed expenditure squeezes capital spending and fiscal deficit targets. Way forward: link revisions to revenue buoyancy and keep fiscal responsibility limits.
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2024ರ ಪರಿಷ್ಕೃತ ವೇತನ ಶ್ರೇಣಿಯ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರಿ ನೌಕರರ ತುಟ್ಟಿಭತ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಮೂಲ ವೇತನದ 15.75%ರಿಂದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಎಷ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಿದೆ?
- 18%
- 16.5%
- 17.25%
- 19%
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ
ಉತ್ತರ: A — ಸರಿ: 18% — ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಆದೇಶದಂತೆ ನೌಕರರು ಮತ್ತು ಪಿಂಚಣಿದಾರರ ತುಟ್ಟಿಭತ್ಯೆ 15.75%ರಿಂದ 18%ಕ್ಕೆ ಏರಿದೆ. • 16.5% — ತಪ್ಪು: 16.5% ಆದೇಶಿತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆ. • 17.25% — ತಪ್ಪು: 17.25% ಆದೇಶಿತ ದರಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಕಡಿಮೆ. • 19% — ತಪ್ಪು: 19% ಆದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಗದಿಯಾದ ದರವನ್ನು ಮೀರುತ್ತದೆ.
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