Hyderabad, Feb.1 (RAHNUMA): The Telangana government on Sunday announced good news for government employees.
An amount of ₹720 crore has been released for clearing pending bills of government employees. As per the instructions of Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, ₹720 crore was released on Saturday evening towards the pending bills for the month of January.
The government had assured employee unions that more than ₹700 crore would be released every month towards pending dues of government employees accumulated during the previous government’s tenure. By the end of June last year, ₹183 crore was released. Thereafter, from August last year onwards, at least ₹700 crore has been released every month.
Out of the funds released recently, the entire pending amount of surrender leave encashment from 2022 to February 2025 has been cleared in one go. In addition to this, the released bills include gratuity, GPF, surrender leave, and advances.
