Harish Rao minister for finance appealed to employees not to get swayed by promises of other parties and assured that the BRS government will make every effort to pay salaries on the first of every month.
“KCR runs an employee-friendly government which can be seen from the fact that salaries and pensions used to be around Rs 18,000 crore in 2014, which now, after hikes, has gone up to around Rs 60,000 crore a year.
One of the reasons the state faced is that the Centre denied nearly Rs 1 lakh crore to the state making it difficult for Telangana. But the BRS government will take steps to ensure salaries are paid on time,” he said.
On Sitharaman’s comments on agricultural power connections, Harish Rao said the state was being punished for not falling in line with BJP demands. “She said no funds for Telangana because it did install the meters.
KCR made it clear that the BRS government will not install meters as demanded by the Centre. For KCR, the lives of 69 lakh farmers of the state are important.
Funds are important too but not at the cost of farmers,” Harish Rao said.
