Govt employees to get salaries on 5th of every month in Himachal

Himachal Pradesh government employees will now get salaries on the fifth and retired staffers will get pensions on 10th of every month. CM Sukhvinder Sukhu explained, "[State gets] ₹520-crore revenue deficit grant and ₹740-crore share in Central Taxes…on 6th and 10th of every month, respectively." Hence, for paying salaries/pensions on first, state takes loan on "unnecessary interest", he added.