The Assam government today announced an 8% hike in dearness allowance for its employees for which it has to spend Rs700 crore.

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The hike will be implemented with retrospective effect from January one, 2010, chief minister Tarun Gogoi told a press conference in Guwahati.

The employees will not get dearness allowance at the rate of 35%.