Shimla/Dharamshala: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today announced release of six per cent additional DA to employees and pensioners of the state government with effect from January 1 this year, which would cost Rs 330 crore more to the state exchequer annually.

Presiding over the state-level function on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day at Solan, he said the government has already released five per cent interim relief to employees and pensioners, and six per cent additional DA would be paid from October.

Meanwhile, presiding over the district-level Independence Day function in Dharamshala, state transport minister G S Bali announced HRTC will have Super Luxury Scania AC buses in its fleet, adding, “Such buses will be used to connect district headquarters with Shimla.”

Also, all state and Central government employees will get 15 per cent concession while travelling in HRTC buses within the state, while HIV patients shall travel free of cost, he said.

“HRTC will provide taxi service in Shimla, Dharamshala, Chamba and Manali, within next two months, Bali added.

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Shimla: Himachal Government released five per cent interim relief to its employees and pensioners from August 1 this year on Wednesday.

The Interim Relief (IR) would be paid on basic salary plus Grade Pay but would not be part of salary and no allowance would be payable on it, a notification issued by the government said.

The pensioners would also get five percent interim relief from August 2016, payable along with pension for the month.

The release of IR would put annual burden of about Rs 300 crore on the state exchequer, Additional Chief secretary, S K Baldi said.

Chief minister Virbhadra Singh had made the announcement to release five per cent IR from August 1 during his budget speech in March this year.

However, the government has not yet released the installment of six per cent additional DA to the employees which was due from January 1, 2016.

Meanwhile, the government today announced 8.1 per cent interest on general provident Fund and other such savings to the employees for current Financial Year.

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