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RS.204 CRORE RELEASED FOR SALARY OF MID-DAY MEAL WORKERS: HARJOT SINGH BAINS
—-SALARY WILL BE CREDITED TO THE ACCOUNTS IN THE NEXT 2-3 DAYS
Chandigarh, September 29:
Punjab Government has released Rs.204 crores for the salary of the mid-day meal workers of government schools and the salary would be credited to their bank accounts within the next 2-3 days, informed Harjot Singh Bains, Minister of School Education, Punjab in a press communique issued here today.
Bains said, “when I was visiting Government Senior Secondary School (Girls) Sri Anandpur Sahib, Government Senior Secondary School (Boys) Nangal and Government High School Dasgrai today, mid-day meal workers brought to my notice that they haven’t received a salary for the last three months. On inquiry, it was found that the salary was pending at the end of the Finance Department.
The School Education Minister said that he immediately met the Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema for resolving this issue at the earliest. S. Bains said that the salary of the mid-day meal workers would be credited to their bank accounts within the next two or three days.
