Employees will get salary on 5th of every month and pension on 10th: Sukhwinder Sukhu

Shimla: Facing criticism and dissent from government employees, Himachal Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday told the Himachal Pradesh Assembly that the employees will get their salaries on September 5 and pension will be released on September 10.

He justified the delay in release of salaries and pensions to avoid debt at 7.5 per cent interest for five-six days before taking Rs 520 crore from the Centre.

The chief minister said the salaries and pensions of employees and retired persons of various departments would now be paid on the 5th and 10th of every month.

Replying to the issue of delay in salaries by Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur, the Chief Minister said the employees would get their salaries on September 5 and the pensions would be released on September 10.

Employees and pensioners of boards and corporations will get allowances as per their current time frame as they will meet the expenditure through their own resources.