DEARNESS RELIEF HIKED BY 2%

CHANDIGARH : Haryana finance minister Capt Abhimanyu on Friday announced 2% increase in dearness relief (DR) for state government pensioners and family pensioners on revised pension with effect from January 1, 2018, thus raising the DR on the pattern of central government employees from existing 5% to 7%. The minister said in a release that this enhancement would have an additional financial burden of about ₹161.51 crore on the state exchequer for 14 months from January 2018 to February 2019 in the financial year 2018-19.