Govt employees may receive full pay in June

Govt employees may receive full pay in June

CM To Review State Finances In Few Days

Koride.Mahesh@timesgroup.com

Hyderabad:  21.06.2020

With pressure mounting from the employees’ unions and following improved revenues, the Telangana government is considering paying full salary and pension to the state government employees and pensioners for June.

The development comes after the recent ordinance promulgated by the government, empowering it to make part payment of salaries and pensions if a health emergency arises.

Sources in the government said the CM will review state finances in the next few days and if the revenues are not satisfactory and has financial obligations, the government may continue salary cuts for elected representatives and order full salary to the employees and pensioners.

The government has been paying only part of the salaries and pensions to serving and retired employees and elected representatives in the last three months mainly owing to sharp fall in the state revenues owing to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown.

Sources in the CMO said: “The government is planning to give full salaries to the employees this month as state revenues have improved considerably when compared to the last two months. While it was less than ₹3,000 crore revenue in May against ₹12,000 crore a month during normal course, this month the revenues are expected to touch ₹10,000 crore, including ₹4,000 crore borrowings.”

The government had borrowed the amount mainly to release Rythu Bandhu sum for farmers. “About ₹1,500 crore had already been released and the balance is expected to be released by Monday,” sources said.

Recently, Telangana employees’ JAC leaders reportedly met finance minister T Harish Rao and submitted a memorandum urging him to see that government employees get full salaries this month. .

“Generally, salary bills are prepared by 25th of every month. We hope the CM will issue instructions to the finance department for full payment of salaries in the next couple of days,” a JAC leader, who met the FM, told STOI.