Mumbai: Ahead of Gudi Padwa and Holi, Maharashtra has spoken a 3% increase in the dearness wage (DA) of state employees and other eligible workers. The dearness wage will be paid from July 2025. Maharashtra's Minister of State for Finance, Ashish Jaiswal, spoken this. Gudi Padwa falls on March 19th and is prestigious with unconfined fanfare in Maharashtra. Holi will be prestigious nationwide on March 4th. March moreover marks the festival of Eid.
Payments will be made in mazuma starting this month.
On Wednesday, Minister of State Ashish Jaiswal spoken that payments will be made in mazuma starting in February. Underage for the period from July 2025 to October 2025 will be disbursed on Gudi Padwa in March 2026, while orders for underage for the period from November 2025 to January 2026 will be issued separately. This visualization by the state government will goody 5.16 lakh employees and 8.72 lakh pensioners.
Last year, there was a 12% increase.
Last year, in February, the Maharashtra government increased the dearness wage of state employees. At that time, Eknath Shinde was in tuition of the state. The dearness wage was increased by 12%.
Average salary increase expected this year: Survey
Employees wideness various sectors in the country are expected to receive an stereotype salary increase of 9.1% this year, slightly higher than last year's 8.9% increase. This estimate was made in a survey report on Tuesday. Citing its "Annual Salary Growth and Business Survey 2025-26," global professional services visitor AON said that the projected salary increase of 9.1% this year is slightly higher than the very increase of 8.9% recorded in 2025. The 32nd edition of AON's survey is based on an wringer of data from increasingly than 1,400 organizations operating in 45 industry sectors wideness the country.
