Patna. Two important decisions have been taken before Chhath Puja for the government employees and pensioners of Bihar. The proposal to increase Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) was approved in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary. With this, the way has also been cleared to provide the benefits of the revised MACP scheme to the regular employees of urban bodies.

Increase in DA and DR

As per the decision of the Cabinet, the dearness allowance of employees and pensioners covered under the 7th Pay Commission has been increased from 60% to 63%. This increase will be effective from July 1, 2026.

At the same time, under the 6th Pay Commission, the rate of DA and DR has been increased from 262% to 269%. For those covered under the 5th Pay Commission, it has been increased from 483% to 497%. The benefit of this decision will be given to the state government employees in the respective pay scale, retired pensioners and family pension recipients.

MACP benefits to employees of urban bodies

In the second major relief, the government has approved the implementation of Modified Assured Career Progression i.e. MACP Scheme for regular employees of urban local bodies.

The objective of this scheme is to provide financial benefits to those employees who do not get promotion despite working for a long time. Through MACP, eligible employees who complete the prescribed service period will be able to get the benefit of financial upgradation.

Employees' salary and pension will be affected

The increase in DA-DR will increase the monthly salary of government employees and pension of pensioners. At the same time, through the MACP scheme, eligible employees of urban bodies will get an opportunity for economic progress in their career. Both these decisions are expected to benefit different sections of employees and pensioners of the state.