Govt staff to get full pay for June
Koride.Mahesh@timesgroup.com
Hyderabad: 24.06.2020
In what could come as a huge relief, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday announced that the government would pay full salary and pension to the employees for this month. The CM said since the state economy was improving, the government has decided to pay full salaries and pensions to the retired. He instructed the officials to make arrangement for the same.
While a press release by the CMO said full salary and pension would be paid “for this month,” there is no clarity whether the government would continue to make full payment in subsequent months or take a decision after reviewing the financial situation every month.
The government has not taken any decision on payment of deferred salaries and pension amount. Owing to the financial crisis and poor revenues accruing to the government departments due to the lockdown, Telangana had imposed deferment of salaries and pension for the last three months.
While 50% cut in salaries of all government employees except police, doctors and sanitation workers was implemented, there was 75% cut for elected representatives like CM, ministers, MLAs and MLCs, 60% salary deferment to IAS, IPS and IFS officers. Even outsourcing and contract employees had to endure a 10% cut in salaries. Initially, retired government employees were also slapped with 50% cut in their pensions and later, it was revised to 25% cut.
The employees’ unions have been requesting the government to review its decision and make full salary payments. Some unions, a couple of days ago, had threatened to protest if they are not paid full salary in June. Since there were court cases on salary cut, the government has recently promulgated an ordinance empowering it to make part payment of salaries and pensions in wake of a health emergency declared by the government such as Covid-19.
Meanwhile, Telangana employees’ JAC leaders Karam Ravinder Reddy and V Mamata expressed happiness over the decision and urged the CM to make payment of the balance to the staff.
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