The Finance Department on Friday issued orders increasing the rate of dearness allowance (DA) of State government employees and teachers and dearness relief (DR) of pensioners from the existing 35% to 37%.

The October 17 order issued by the Finance Department applies to State government employees, teachers, full-time contingent employees and employees of local governments and the DR payable to State service pensioners, family pensioners, ex gratia pensioners and ex-gratia family pensioners.

DA and DR at the enhanced rate will be disbursed along with the salary and pension disbursed in November 2026. Orders regarding arrears with effect from January 2026 will be issued separately.

The State government had enhanced the rate of DA and DR from 25% to 35% in February this year.

Published – October 17, 2026 10:19 pm IST