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The Tamil Nadu authorities nether Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) announced a 2% summation successful Dearness Allowance (DA) for State authorities employees and teachers with retrospective effect from January 1, 2026. The determination would outgo the exchequer an additional ₹1,230 crore, an authoritative merchandise said.
The summation successful DA from 58% to 60% would payment astir 16 lakh State authorities employees, teachers, pensioners, and household pensioners, it said. “The Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led authorities has assured that people-oriented payment programmes and authorities employees and teachers play a important relation successful the designing and implementation of those programmes.”
Earlier successful the day, Mr. Vijay chaired a gathering astatine the Secretariat, during which helium reviewed the State’s finances. Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar and elder officials successful the Finance Department were contiguous astatine the meeting.
