Good news for Telangana govt employees: Salaries to be credited on September 25

The associations met Chief Secretary S P Singh and submitted a representation.

There is good news for Telangana state government employees. They would get their salary in advance this month. The government has agreed to pay the September salary of its employees one week in advance so that they can meet their Dasara expenses. The employees would get their salaries on September 25.

Employees normally get their salaries on the first of every month. However with Dasara falling on the last working day, September 30, it was decided that the salaries would be paid in advance.

The state government took the decision following a request by the employee associations. They requested the government to pay the salary in advance so that they could meet their Dasara expenses.

The associations met Chief Secretary S P Singh and submitted a representation. They said Dasara and Bathukamma are major festivals in the state, which are celebrated simultaneously and employees along with families head for their native villages.

The chief secretary referred the issue to Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who approved the payment of salaries by September 25.

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