Himachal Economic Crisis: CM Sukhu finally Announcement date, Will the employees in Himachal get salary on time?

Himachal Economic Crisis: Himachal Pradesh is currently facing an economic crisis. The situation is such that the employees are not even getting salary on time. The crisis has spread in the hilly state of Himachal Pradesh, in the meanwhile CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has announced that the employees in Himachal will be paid salary on September 5 while pension will be given on September 10.

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This will save three crore rupees every month

By this the state can save crores rupees in a year,This information was given by CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in the House. In the meanwhile , CM also told that this will save three crore rupees every month. However, the state government has to take loan to pay salary to the employees and pension to retired employees. While the state government pays interest on this. The CM told that the state government gets Revenue Deficit Grant from the Government of India on the 6th of every month. Apart from this, on the 10th of every month, the state receives Rs 740 crore as share in central taxes from the Government of India.

The state government has to take advance loan
The CM said that to pay salaries to employees and pension to retired employees, the state government has to take advance loan at an interest rate of 7.5 percent. Due to this, the state government will save Rs 3 crore every month and Rs 36 crore every year.

Steps are taken to avoid the burden of interest

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said interest can be reduced by taking loan amount, by mapping the expenditure with the receipt, the government will save an amount of about Rs 3 crore every month. This arrangement will not be for the boards and corporations of the government, which can take their own decisions by assessing their resources. Sukhu said that on the basis of the permission received from the Government of India, only Rs 2,317 crore is left to raise loan from the market, which the state government will have to use judiciously for the next four months.

Jairam Thakur had raised the matter in the House

Leader of Opposition Jairam Thakur had raised the matter in the House He said that a serious situation has arisen in the state due to non-payment of salaries to employees and pension to retired employees The Congress government wants to take everyone to the public. He said that when the Congress came to power on December 11, 2022, there was an economic crisis in the state. CM Sukhu said that now the state has moved beyond the economic crisis and the state is moving towards self-relianT.

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