Telangana Increases Govt Staff's Salary By 30%; Retirement Age Now 61
Revising the 11th pay-scale, the Telangana government has announced a salary hike of 30% for 9.7 lakh government employees, effective from April 1. The government also raised the retirement age from 58 to 61 to plough back the employees' experience. The promotion process and inter-district transfers will also be improved for eligible government employees. CM K Chandrasekhar Rao highlighted that his government decided to give the 12-month arrears to employees despite the pandemic-led financial crisis.