New Delhi: In a major development the Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Uttarakhand government has announced a hike in the Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for employees and pensioners. According to the Chief Ministers office. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a 3 percent DA hike for employees and pensioners of the state government. It is important to note that the hike in the Dearness Allowance comes a day ahead of Diwali. The Uttarakhand DA hike will be applicable to employees and pensioners of local bodies and state government public sector undertakings the CMO said in its statement. The effective DA hike will be disbursed with the October salary to be credited in November. The increased salary will be effective from July 1. Here are some of the key details: Uttarakhand government has announced a hike in the Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief for employees and pensioners. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a 3 percent DA hike for employees and pensioners of the state government. The Uttarakhand DA hike will be applicable to employees and pensioners of local bodies and state government public sector undertakings Not just Uttarakhand many other states have also announced DA hikes over the past few days ahead of Diwali. Yogi Adityanath Announces DA Hike: The Uttar Pradesh government on October 17 approved a DA hike for employees and pensioners in a festive gesture ahead of Diwali. The UP DA hike was announced by CM Yogi Adityanath who said that the dearness allowance has been increased from 55 per cent to 58 per cent for all state government employees and pensioners.