Telangana govt announced salary pay cuts to overcome Financial Crisis amid novel coronavirus

The Telangana government on Monday announced drastic pay cuts for all its employees, bureaucrats and public representatives in the wake of a crippling financial position of the state on account of coronavirus that has affected 77 people so far.

The pay cuts range from a minimum of 10 per cent to a maximum of 75 per cent.

As Telangana stares at a financial meltdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, there is no clarity on how long pay cuts would be in force.

A decision to this effect



was taken at a high-level meeting convened by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao at his camp office Pragati Bhavan to review the state’s financial position which has turned precarious due to fall in the state’s own revenues and also in the devolution of funds from the Centre.

A statement from the chief minister’s office said there would be 75 per cent cut in the salaries of the chief minister, his cabinet colleagues, MLAs, MLCs, chairpersons of various state-level corporations and representatives of urban and rural local bodies.