Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Karamchari Adhikari Federation (CKAF) has demanded that the state govt make a separate budget provision for the dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) for state govt employees, pensioners, and All-India Service officers, similar to the Bihar govt.
The Federation's state convenor, Kamal Verma, wrote a letter to the chief minister and finance minister stating that the Bihar govt promptly provides its state employees and pensioners with the DA approved by the central govt at the same rate.