HP Cabinet to donate month’s salary to combat corona pandemic

Dharamshala: HP CM Jai Ram Thakur has tweeted that he along with his cabinet colleague shall donate their one month salary in covid 19 crises.

He said, “We need to take joint steps to deal with the Corona crisis. With this view, we have decided that all members of my cabinet will give their one month's salary to deal with Covid-19 as a part donation.”

Earlier, the Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday announced that it will deduct two day salary of Class 1 and 2 employees and one day’s wage of Class 3 and 4 employees in order to combat the second wave of Corona Pandemic, sweeping through the state.

The order issued by health secretary Amitabh Awasthi said that the second wave of the pandemic was fast-spreading and was fatal. “Now, therefore, it has been directed that all drawing and disbursing officers in different departments, public sector undertakings, autonomous bodies under the government of Himachal Pradesh shall deduct two days’ salary, emoluments of each Class 1 and 2 employees, except health care workers working on regular or contract basis from whom one day salary shall be deducted,” the order said. The collection will be deposited in the ‘HP Covid-19 solidarity response fund’.

“Despite several social welfare measures undertaken by the state government during the pandemic, hardships might still be faced by the citizens, particularly the poor and marginalised sections of the society,” says the order.