Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday announced several measures to address the long-pending demands of government employees, including setting up the 12th Pay Revision Commission (PRC), releasing two pending Dearness Allowance (DA) instalments and increasing pensions for older pensioners from January 2027.

Naidu held a meeting with representatives of various employee associations and said employees were an integral part of the government. He assured them that the government would extend all possible support to them.

The government will appoint the 12th Pay Revision Commission, which will review the salaries and other benefits of government employees. The commission is due to be constituted from July 1, 2023.

The government will release two pending DA instalments along with the October 1, 2026 salary. DA, or Dearness Allowance, is an amount paid to government employees and pensioners to help offset the impact of inflation and rising prices.

The two instalments being released are those due from:

Andhra Pradesh Government Employees Association state president Surya Narayana said the Chief Minister had made five major announcements concerning employees.

“First, he announced the appointment of the 12th Pay Revision Commission, which is legitimately due to the employees from 1 July 2023. Second, out of the four instalments of DA due to the employees, he announced that two instalments, due from 1 July 2024 and 1 January 2025, will be paid along with the October 1st salary,” he said.

Pensioners will also receive the pending DA instalments.

The government has also decided to pay employees the money due for surrendered leave from 2022 by the Sankranti festival.

Surrender leave is leave that an employee chooses not to take and instead receives money for it, subject to government rules.

Civil employees will be eligible for one surrender leave a year, while police personnel will get two, considering the nature of their duties. The additional surrender leave benefit for police personnel will be paid around Dasara, Narayana said.

The government will introduce the Additional Quantum of Pension from January 2027.

Pensioners above 70 years will get 10% additional pension

Pensioners above 75 years will get 15% additional pension

In simple terms, eligible older pensioners will receive a percentage increase over their existing pension.

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