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Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced a hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) of state government employees by 3 percent despite financial crisis due to the Covid situation, with the Centre owing Rs 85,000 crore to Bengal. "Despite passing through a worse financial crisis, neither the salary of the state government employees got delayed nor the DA was affected. It may be mentioned that usually, the state government announces a hike of 2 percent in DA every year. So the announcement of a hike by 3 percent this time has been welcomed by the state government employees. After announcing the hike in DA, Banerjee also stated that the Central government employees are being bulldozed and not allowed to express their views..