Amid Covid-19 crisis, timely salaries, pensions is priority: Sushil Modi

He says while Bihar was comfortable in terms of revenue till the previous financial year, the coming days will be tough and he is hopeful the Centre will increase the limit under the FRBM

Unlike some other states, paying timely salaries and pensions will be a priority for Bihar amid the coronavirus disease pandemic, the state’s deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, tells Dilasha Seth in an interview. Bihar, which goes to polls later this year, will also be paying relief to migrant labourers stuck outside the state amid the countrywide lockdown. Modi says while Bihar was comfortable in terms of revenue till the previous financial year, the coming days will be tough and he is hopeful the Centre will increase the limit under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act to 4 per