TS govt paid salaries to priests

Hyderabad, December 03: As we knew that, Earlier, The Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's assurance to priests and employees that the government would pay them salaries on par with other staff.

In this regard, priests and other employees of temples under the control of the endowments department were on Friday paid salaries according to prescribed scales.

This is the first time in the State, Telangana Endowments Minister A. Indrakaran Reddy handed over a cheque for 37.50 crores towards the first installment of the salary bill to Andhra Bank.



Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Reddy said a new era in the history of temples in the State opened with this.

The pay scales were extended to them without a slip-up anywhere.

He said the salary bill for priests and employees was expected to touch 115 crore per year.