Telangana state government employees in limbo over salary
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad: It is no longer easy being a state government employee in Telangana. Things have worsened in the last two years for a majority of the 3.5 lakh state government employees who are unsure about when salary would be credited to their bank accounts. “Even the milkman looks at me suspiciously when I say I need time to pay the bill as I no longer receive my salary of Rs 45,000 on the first of every month,” said J. Vanaja, a government secondary grade teacher from Jangaon district. This is even as most state government employees have become defaulters, including of EMIs, which are linked to their salaries. The Salary Wheel > Salary bill has increased after the formation of the state > Two PRCs in 2015 & 2021 with fitments of 43 & 30 per cent were given, highest in the country > Nearly 25 per cent of state government's tax revenue goes towards payment of salaries and pensions > Disbursal of salaries hit by Covid lockdowns > Salaries paid on 25th of every month > Districts divided into clusters for phased payments > Six districts form one cluster as per their alphabetical order