**Bhubaneswar:** Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced implementation of recommendations of the 7th pay commission for employees of all urban local bodies (ULBs) with effect from April 1, 2016.
Reportedly, the ULBs will have to bear the additional expenditure from their own revenue.
Earlier in February this year, the Chief Minister had announced a hike of dearness allowance (DA) by per cent for employees and pensioners of the State Government with effect from January 1, 2019.
There was also an increase in the DA and DR of the State Government employees and pensioners upto 12 per cent.