Chandigarh: The Punjab government guaranteed to have cleared the compensations for August, however, examinations have affirmed that the greater part of the state government's workers had not appropriated their compensation work on Wednesday.
The Opposition Congress has anticipated a Black Diwali for state workers as the administration requires extra Rs 2,800 crore to clear the remittance and pay requisition unfulfilled obligations.
An official from State Ministerial Services Association, Amritsar, said, “We have not accepted our August compensations. Prior, we might get our compensation on the first day of the month however things modified after March. The July compensation was paid on August 7. No bills were passed between August 12 and August 31.”
To add to this record are business settings under the Plan Scheme, which have not got their compensation throughout the previous three months.
Another official chipped in, “The common healing facility and civil surgeon office staff, Mohali, have not been paid their compensations since June. We are confronting intense money related hardship.”
Dreading a more extended defer in payment of compensations, state government representatives have now debilitated to stage challenges.
Be that as it may, a state government representative said compensations seem to be discharged on time and there is no asset crunch.
An administration official said that all installments tend to be discharged as and when the bills are submitted. The legislature has recently discharged compensations to the tune of Rs 500 crore so far and the remaining will likewise be discharged with time.
Sources said the Punjab government has as of recently depleted its income receipts to clear the overdraft. It requires regardless Rs 1,200 crore to clear the compensations. Regardless of the fact that Rs 500 crore has been dispensed, as the state government is guaranteeing, Rs 700 crore is still needed to clear the August compensations.