Punjab government unable to pay salaries to its staff
Punjab government unable to pay salaries to its staff Punjab government is unable to pay salaries to its employees even after a week since the new fiscal began. The state had to deposit the amount with the Centre at the onset of the new fiscal to get the CCL advance of Rs 22,000 crore for making payments to farmers for wheat procurement. This has caused a delay in disbursement salaries to its employees. The delay has caused resentment among employees, who point out that this was the wheat purchase season and school admission season. This is for the fourth time in the 13-month long rule of Congress in Punjab that salaries have been delayed. The employees have decided to boycott the work on April 10 in protest against the delay. Darshan Singh Lubana, an office-bearer of the Punjab employees union said the employees in the state civil secretariat in Chandigarh and in Chief Minister’s hometown, Patiala, would mark their presence in their offices on April 10 and after that stage a walk out of their offices to protest. The finance department that paid the amount to the Centre has to get the money from food and civil supplies department that is already grappling with missing paddy scam in Amritsar. -PTC News
