No cut in central employees' salaries: Finance Ministry
The Finance Ministry has made it clear that there is no plan to cut the salaries of central government employees.
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has made it clear that there is no plan to cut the salaries of central government employees.
This rumour was circulating for the past few days that the government may cut the salaries of central employees due to the coronavirus.
The Finance Ministry tweeted from its official Twitter handle that the government has no proposal to reduce the existing salaries of any category of central government employees.
She said that reports from some sections of the media are false and baseless. As per the information, lease rent will not be increased this year for the units of companies in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) located in different states.
In addition, these companies can pay the lease rent for the quarter ending July 31 in which there will be no interest.