Technical snag delayed payment of salary: A.P.
The Finance Department denies rumours that fund crunch is the reason
03/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,VIJAYAWADA
Barely three months into its term, the Andhra Pradesh government is faced with criticism that salaries and pensions are not paid on time. Social media platforms were agog on Friday following reports that the government could not pay the salaries due to paucity of funds.
A couple of news channels too picked up the issue, creating confusion among employees and giving credence to the tittle-tattle being circulated on social media.
The employees’ associations, in private, feel that the paucity of funds was in fact the reason, though there was also a technical snag in the system.
“A majority of employees did not receive salaries. Same is the case with pensioners,” said an association leader on condition of anonymity. The associations said salaries were being credited from 8.30 a.m. and a clear picture would emerge by Saturday.
The State government, in a damage control exercise, issued a statement saying, “Some TV channels and social media are spreading rumours that the salaries for government employees have not been paid due to lack of funds, but it is not correct.”
‘Standard practice’
The Finance Department, in the statement, clarified that paucity of funds was not the reason. Usually, payments are made through ‘e-kuber’ or the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the first day of every month. The details were sent to the RBI on July 31.
Following the same practice, all files related to salaries and pensions of all districts were sent to the RBI by July 31 itself. By the noon of August 1, all pensions and salaries of some employees were paid.
Later, there were some technical snags. The certificates issued through e-Mudra did not function. That caused a delay in the payment of salaries of some files. All measures were taken to resolve the snag.
There are more than 4.61 lakh employees in the State. Of this, 3.51 lakh are government employees and the remaining work in judiciary, gram panchayats, municipal administration and other agencies.
The Andhra Pradesh government spends ₹33,470 crore on salaries and ₹16,639 crore on pensions annually.
The Finance Department denies rumours that fund crunch is the reason
03/08/2019, STAFF REPORTER,VIJAYAWADA
Barely three months into its term, the Andhra Pradesh government is faced with criticism that salaries and pensions are not paid on time. Social media platforms were agog on Friday following reports that the government could not pay the salaries due to paucity of funds.
A couple of news channels too picked up the issue, creating confusion among employees and giving credence to the tittle-tattle being circulated on social media.
The employees’ associations, in private, feel that the paucity of funds was in fact the reason, though there was also a technical snag in the system.
“A majority of employees did not receive salaries. Same is the case with pensioners,” said an association leader on condition of anonymity. The associations said salaries were being credited from 8.30 a.m. and a clear picture would emerge by Saturday.
The State government, in a damage control exercise, issued a statement saying, “Some TV channels and social media are spreading rumours that the salaries for government employees have not been paid due to lack of funds, but it is not correct.”
‘Standard practice’
The Finance Department, in the statement, clarified that paucity of funds was not the reason. Usually, payments are made through ‘e-kuber’ or the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on the first day of every month. The details were sent to the RBI on July 31.
Following the same practice, all files related to salaries and pensions of all districts were sent to the RBI by July 31 itself. By the noon of August 1, all pensions and salaries of some employees were paid.
Later, there were some technical snags. The certificates issued through e-Mudra did not function. That caused a delay in the payment of salaries of some files. All measures were taken to resolve the snag.
There are more than 4.61 lakh employees in the State. Of this, 3.51 lakh are government employees and the remaining work in judiciary, gram panchayats, municipal administration and other agencies.
The Andhra Pradesh government spends ₹33,470 crore on salaries and ₹16,639 crore on pensions annually.
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