No Delay in Salaries: CM Warns Government Employees

Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directed that nearly 50,000 gram panchayat employees be paid their salaries on the first day of every month without delay. He emphasized that all government employees, including permanent, contract, and outsourcing staff across departments, must receive their salaries on the same day, warning that even a single day’s delay would not be tolerated. The Chief Minister also ordered that pensions under the Cheyutha scheme be directly credited into beneficiaries’ bank accounts, replacing the existing postal delivery system. He further instructed officials to streamline pension distribution using Aadhaar, voter ID, and data from socio-economic, educational, employment, political, and caste surveys.

During a review meeting of the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department held at the Marri Chenna Reddy Human Resource Development Institute, the Chief Minister stressed transparency and uniformity in pension distribution. He directed that single women be given top priority in the allocation of new pensions. Announcing a monthly allocation of Rs. 50 crore for panchayat staff salaries, he said they should receive wages on par with IAS officers. He also called for restoring financial autonomy to gram panchayats by reinstating provisions removed by the previous government and proposed amendments to Section 70(3) of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, to allow panchayat revenues to be deposited in bank accounts instead of the treasury. The meeting was attended by Minister Seethakka, MP Vem Narender Reddy, and senior officials.