Salaries of Pondy govt staff delayed by a month

Puducherry: After the employees of various corporations, public sector undertakings and civic bodies, it is the turn of a section of government employees to feel the pinch of the financial crisis of the Union territory of Puducherry. A section of government employees working in the sub-offices of a few departments, including directorate of health and family welfare services, received the salary for the month of January only on February 9. Generally, the government employees receive their salary on the last working day of the month.

An official of the directorate of accounts and treasury said the government did not face any fund crunch, and the delay in disbursement of salary was because of the fault of the budget sections of the sub-offices. TNN