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The conjugation authorities has announced a Sankranti bonanza for employees and contractors successful Andhra Pradesh, with the Finance Department clearing long-pending bills and arrears amounting to ₹2,653 crore.
Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav, successful a connection connected Monday, said the funds were released connected the directions of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to supply alleviation to employees, pensioners, constabulary unit and contractors who had undertaken assorted improvement works. He said the authorities accorded apical precedence to clearing arrears to easiness fiscal accent crossed sections.
Of the full magnitude released, ₹1,100 crore was sanctioned towards a pending instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) arrears. This volition payment astir 2.25 lakh CPS employees and 2.70 lakh pensioners crossed the State.
In addition, ₹110 crore has been approved for the outgo of surrender permission encashment owed to constabulary personnel, benefiting astir 55,000 staff.
The authorities has released ₹1,243 crore for payments related to works executed nether EAP, NABARD, SASCI and CRIF schemes. This includes astir ₹40 crore towards pending bills nether the Neeru–Chettu programme.
With the clearance of bills for Neeru–Chettu and different works, payments are being made to implicit 19,000 contractors. Overall, the authorities has ensured that astir 5.70 lakh beneficiaries received payments and arrears up of Sankranti, offering the much-needed fiscal alleviation during the festive season.
