Deferred salary given back to govt employees: CM

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 1, 2020

The state government has decided to give back the salary, which was deferred for the month of April, to the government employees.

“Happy to inform the Meghalaya Government Employees that the salary which was deferred for the month of April 2020 is being given back to the employees along with the June 2020 salary,” Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma tweeted on Wednesday.

Earlier, the state government had decided to defer the payment of a part of the salaries of cabinet ministers, bureaucrats and its 80,000 employees for two months – April and May.

The salary deferment was a precautionary step for effective management of the state finances in view of the unprecedented situation arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty in the devolution of central taxes and revenue collection of the state.

However, later the state government announced its decision not to enforce deferment of salaries to government employees citing that the central shares released by the Government of India for the month April and May have not gone down as much as what was expected.