The Meghalaya government on Thursday night announced 50 percent deferment in the net salary of Chief Minister, ministers and all India Service Officers – IAS, IPS and IFS for the month of March in view of the anti-coronavirus lockdown.
“The current COVID-19 situation and the lockdown are likely to impact the State’s own revenues and receipts from the central government in the current financial year 2020-21.
“The state government has already put in place measures to cut expenditure and to enhance the allocations to fight COVID-19 and manage the availability of essential commodities for the general public,” Meghalaya chief secretary M.S.Rao said in an order.
Rao informed that all other employees of the State government will receive their full salary.