The government has decided to provide 20% D.A. for government employees. Thanks for this timely move. We, the retired government employees, particularly those who depend on pension, are getting only festival allowances at the rate of half of the pension. This amount is too meagre and is not consistent with present day market price. So we urge the government to mitigate our sufferings by enhancing festival allowance and medical allowance at least by 60%. Retired government employees will be indebted to the government if it implements this measure.