Secretary To The President Issues Gazette Notification Limiting Salaries And Allowances Of Heads And Directors Of State Institutions

The Secretary to the President has issued a circular limiting the salary and allowances of heads of state institutions to Rs. 100000.

The monthly allowance of a director of state institutions has been reduced to Rs. 25,000.

The move comes while the government is heading into a serious fiscal issue due to reduced government revenue as a resut of tax revisions announced by the new government.

A number of measures have been adopted to cut down state expenditure.