Hindustan Times·India

Employee reps call Diwali benefits inadequate

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 02 November 2026, 04:47 UTC ·9 sec listen

Employee representatives said the financial benefits announced by the Union government ahead of Diwali were inadequate. They said the government should have merged dearness allowance with basic pay once it reached 50 percent of basic pay.

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