State govt employees to be paid salary on the very day of bill submission
Posted on: 16/Sep/2018 10:34:50 AM
The Chief Secretary of the state government department of treasury, shared the information that the salary for the state government employees will be paid on the same day when the bills are received from the month of November onwards.
A conference on the Integrated Fund and Human Management on planning skills was organised in Dindigul. Mr Thenkasi Jawahar participated. During his address, he informed that there are 9 Lakhs state government employees and 7 Lakhs pensioners who retired after service in the state government and the salaries and pensions are paid every month.
During the last financial year, the revenue was Rs. 144824 Crores and the expenses were Rs. 170256 Crores.
In an initiative to improve the quality of services in the Department of Treasury, a new integrated management system is to implemented from 1st November. Rs. 288 Crores have been allotted for this purpose.
With this new system, the bills of the state government employees of Tamil Nadu working on a monthly salary basis in Tamil Nadu and Delhi (29000 employees) can be submitted online. They need not visit the treasury.
With the Reserve Bank of India’s ‘E-Kuber’ service, as soon as the list of details is submitted, the respective amounts will be credited immediately. As the activity is carried out online, every stage will be strictly monitored.
He further informed that there are 1100 security police from Tamil Nadu deployed in Tihar jail in New Delhi, The Department of Treasury pays them.
It was only in the Tamil Nadu Department of Treasury where computerized operations commenced. Further, Tamil Nadu was the 1st state which paid salaries for its employees on the ECS system in 2003.
The Treasury Office is all set to become a ‘paperless’ office with complete computerisation from November onwards. With this, it would be possible to readily access data such as the number of funds spent on the different department and what remains as well. The employees can apply for leave on their cell phones. The pension will be paid on the date of retirement.
