NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 4.92 million employees of India's government on Wednesday got a 3-percent salary hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to compensate them against the price rise.
Besides, 6.49 million pensioners received a 3-percent hike in Dearness Relief (DR).
The increased DA and DR would be in effect retrospectively from July 1, according to an official statement. The move would cost the Indian government more than 1.12 billion U.S. dollars every year, it added. ■