Delhi government has no money to pay salary, demands 5000 crores from center

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Delhi government has no money to pay salary, demands 5000 crores from center

New Delhi: Corona infection is increasing rapidly across the country these days. To prevent this epidemic, lockdown 5 has been announced in cities with a Containment Zone by the Narendra Modi government at the Center. In the country’s capital Delhi, cases of corona infection are also increasing rapidly. In this case, lockdown 5 is applicable here. although. Now more exemption has been given by Arvind Kejriwal government of the state.

Despite this, the lockdown for two consecutive months has affected the economy of Delhi. The Arvind Kejriwal government says that the treasury of the government is empty. This is the reason that Delhi CM Manish Sisodia said on Sunday that the state government does not have money to pay salaries to employees.

Manish Sisodia said that the Delhi government has to pay Rs 3500 crore per month as salary, but the government has only Rs 1725 crore. Therefore, he wrote a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asking for Rs 5000 crore from the central government.

After more than two months, normal functioning is likely to be restored in the national capital, as most of the recommendations of the Delhi government have been accepted by the Center for the removal of lockdown. Sources gave this information on Saturday.

A Delhi government source said, “Practically all the recommendations of the Delhi government are included in the Home Ministry guidelines, which means that normal activities in the city will be restored in the next few days.”

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