Tripura contradicts Centre, says health workers paid in time

Speaking to reporters, state minister Ratan Lal Nath said the salaries of all healthcare workers, including doctors, have been paid within the due date every month.

PTI

August 01, 2020 / 21:10 IST

The Tripura government said on Saturday that it has paid salaries to all government employees in time, a day after the Centre told the Supreme Court that it was among five states that are yet to follow the directives on timely payment to healthcare workers engaged in COVID-19 duties.

Speaking to reporters, state minister Ratan Lal Nath said the salaries of all healthcare workers, including doctors, have been paid within the due date every month.

Not only healthcare workers but full salaries of all employees of the state government have been paid within the due date without any deduction," Nath, the state cabinet spokesperson, said.

Also, all healthcare workers and doctors who are quarantined, whether in an institution or at home, are being treated as on duty. Further, the full cost of their food, lodging and other needs during the period of institutional quarantine is being paid by the government," he said.

The law minister said healthcare workers are the warriors in the fight against the COVID-19 and all of them have received their salaries in time.

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