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An hr earlier the Election Commission of India announced the canvass docket for West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee connected Sunday (March 15, 2026) said that her authorities volition wide DA arrears of its employees and pensioners from March this year.
“I americium blessed to denote that our... authorities has delivered connected its committedness to each its employees and pensioners, and to lakhs of teachers and non-teaching unit of our acquisition institutions, arsenic good arsenic employees/ pensioners of our different grant-in-aid instititions similar panchayats, municipal bodies, different section bodies etc. They volition commencement receiving their ROPA 2009 DA arrears from March 2026 onwards arsenic per the modalities elaborate retired successful the Notifications issued by our Finance Department,” she posted connected X.
The arrears subordinate to the Revision of Pay and Allowances (ROPA) 2009, a long-standing request of authorities employees and pensioners, covering salaries and allowances of teachers, municipal and panchayat staffers, and different grant-in-aid institutions.
A conception of State authorities employees had moved the Supreme Court connected the issue, demanding clearance of DA dues. The apical tribunal ordered the merchandise of 25% of DA arrears to its employees by March 31, 2026.
Minutes earlier this, the Chief Minister promised to hike the honorarium for purohits (Hindu priests) and muezzins by ₹500. “With this revision, they volition present person ₹2,000 per month,” the Chief Minister said.
