No salary deduction for contractual staff during Covid-19 lockdown: Centre

All such workers will be deemed to be "on duty" during "such period of absence and necessary pay or wages would be paid," the order added

The Central government issued an order on Monday saying that the salaries of the contract workers associated with its offices will not be deducted if they were compelled to stay at home during the coronavirus pandemic.

As a measure of social distancing and to contain the spread of the virus, many state governments have announced a lockdown in India. In the government offices, only officials who are required for delivering ‘essential services’ are reporting to work, according to a recent directive by the central government. Hence, most of the contractual staff has been asked not to come to office for