DA arrears relief, hike for priests: Mamata Banerjee’s last-minute sops before West Bengal assembly polls announcement
About an hour before the announcement of the polling schedule for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared that her government would start clearing the pending dearness allowance (DA) arrears of state employees and pensioners from March this year. The move will cover teachers, non-teaching staff and employees of grant-in-aid institutions….

