Meghalaya government not to defer salaries of employees

A CORRESPONDENT

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya government on Wednesday said that it has decided not to enforce deferment of salaries of it's employees for the month of May.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma informed that earlier, the government had decided to go for deferment of salaries in the wake of uncertainty in the form of Central taxes.

"Though our share has gone down it has not dropped as much as we expected," the Chief Minister said.

Sangma also stated that in the wake of certain stability in devolution of taxes from the Center, the State has decided to suspend deferment of salaries of State government employees.

He however said that in future, the deferment of salaries will depend on the devolution of taxes by the Center to the State.

It may be mentioned that the Meghalaya government had announced a deferment of 50 per cent in the gross salary of the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and Ministers besides All India Services Officers and Central services officers on deputation to Meghalaya due to fall in revenue during the lockdown.

A deferment of 35 per cent in the gross salary of Group A and B officers, and 25 per cent in respect of Group C staff of all departments except for all officers and staff of the health, home (police) and home (civil defence and home guards) departments was also announced. 

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