ranchi taking the rising level of inflation into consideration jharkhand government on thursday decided to increase the dearness allowance of state employees by ten percent equaling it with the basic pay till date the state employees were entitled to 90 of the basic as da the benefit has also been extended to the pensioners who will also get 100 of basic pension as da effective from january 2014 the decision was taken by the council of ministers in its 17th meeting held here on thursday in which 42 proposals of different departments were discussed the cabinet also decided to increase the age of superannuation of professors working at birsa agriculture university bau by three years instead of 62 the retirement age has now been fixed at 65 in yet another major decision the cabinet gave its nod to sanction of rs 510 crores for development work in 17 leftwing extremismaffected districts of the state cabinet secretary jb tubid said that under the integrated action plan iap meant for the lwe districts rs30 crore would be given to each district he said that under the jawaharlal nehru national urban renewal mission rs 37306 crore has been approved by the cabinet for urban water supply project in ranchi which was earlier fixed at rs 28839 crore understanding the importance of quick clearance of water supply projects the cabinet on a proposal of the drinking water and sanitation department also agreed to give power of land transfer for water projects to respective deputy commissioners of each district on a proposal of food and civil supplies department the council of ministers agreed to allot shops under the public distribution system pds to dependents of pds licensee in case of untimely death