After Telangana, Maharashtra becomes second state to cut govt workers' pay

Pawar said the state's economy has been affected due to the coronavirus outbreak and reduction of resources following the lockdown

Salaries of ministers, other elected representatives as well as government officials in Maharashtra for March will be slashed by upto 60 per cent in view of the economic impact of coronavirus lockdown, it was announced on Tuesday.

A Government Resolution (GR) issued subsequently said that remaining salary would be paid at a later point.

Elected representatives including the chief minister, ministers and MLAs will get their salaries for March with 60 percent deduction, finance minister Ajit Pawar announced.

A and B grade government employees will get their salaries with 50 percent deduction while C grade employees will get salaries with 25 percent cut.

There will be no cut in the salaries of D grade employees.

Pawar, who is also deputy chief minister, said the decision was taken after consultation with chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and employee unions.

"The state's economy has been affected by the coronavirus crisis and reduction in resources due to ongoing lockdown," Pawar said.

A Government Resolution (GR) issued by the finance departmentsaid the salary for March, which is disbursed in April, will be paid in "two installments" and the balance will be paid later.

The balance amountwill be paid later when the situation improves, a government official said when asked for clarification.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, all private establishments, industrial units are closed, which has reduced the state's revenues, the GR noted.

The salary cut will also apply to semi-government organisations and aided educational institutions including universities, the GR added.

Covid-19: Telangana govt announces up to 75% salary cuts for its employees

In a high-level review meeting conducted in the wake of the state's financial situation amid coronavirus outbreak, the Telangana government on Monday decided a huge pay cut for its employees ranging from 10 per cent to 75 per cent.

The meeting was held at Pragathi Bhavan in view of the state's economic situation which has been affected adversely due to the coronavirus scare. It was decided that there will be a 75 per cent cut in the salaries of the Chief Minister, state cabinet, MLCs, MLAs, state corporation chairpersons, and local bodies representatives.

Whereas, there will be a 60 per cent salary cut of IAS, IPS IFS and other such central services officers and for all other category of employees, there will be 50 per cent salary cut.

For the Class IV outsourcing and contract employees, there will be 10 per cent cut in the salary while for all category of pensioners there will be 50 per cent cut.

There will be a 10 per cent cut in the salary for the Class IV retired employees and for all the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Institutions employees, that are receiving the government grants, there will be cut in their salaries as well. There are 71 confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the state, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.