Swarajyamag

  1. Swarajya (magazine)
  2. Himachal: Over 15,000 Government Employees Await May Salaries Amid Financial Turmoil


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Swarajya (magazine)

• • • • Manish Sabharwal Categories Frequency Monthly (2015–present) Weekly (1956–1980) Publisher V. Murali Amarnath Govindarajan Founder Khasa Subba Rao Founded 1956 First issue 14July1956 ( 1956-07-14) Company Bharathan Publications Private Limited (1956–2014) Kovai Media Private Limited (2014–present) Country Based in (2014–present) (1956–1980) Language Website .com /about-us Swarajya is an Indian R. Jagannathan is the current editorial director. Originally established in 1956 as a weekly under the patronage of Swarajya has misreported news on multiple occasions. History Swarajya was launched as a weekly magazine in 1956 by journalist Khasa Subba Rao, under the patronage of The magazine strongly advocated individual freedom and freedom of enterprise as against Nehru's socialist policies. Relaunch in 2014 The magazine was relaunched as an online daily in September 2014, with Sandipan Deb as the Editorial Director; the first edition of the print magazine was launched in January 2015. In October 2016, it acquired Swarajya launched its Hindi edition. Reception The website has misreported news on multiple occasions, according to fact-checkers including Swarajya have allegedly engaged in a variety of trolling over Twitter. Swarajya have propagated communally charged fake news via their personal accounts. Swarajya was TFIpost. References • ^ a b Swarajya . Retrieved 23 May 2020. • ^ a b Chadha, Kalyani; Bhat, Prashanth (14 February 2019). Indian Journalism in a New Era: Change...

Himachal: Over 15,000 Government Employees Await May Salaries Amid Financial Turmoil

Over 15,000 government employees in Himachal are reportedly yet to get their salaries for the month of May amid the financial turmoil in the state. Typically, salaries are disbursed on the first day of the month in most departments, boards, and corporations of the state. However, some outsourced employees from the Himachal Pradesh Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), Forest Corporation, Labor and Employment Department, Medical College, and Water Power Department did not receive their salaries even on 13 June i.e. today, Dainik Bhaskar. This has caused distress among the employees, the report noted. According to the report, Himachal Pradesh's treasury is running an overdraft of Rs 1,000 crore. The state government has reportedly applied for a loan of Rs 800 crore. However, even after the funds from this loan are credited to the account, the government's exchequer will still have an overdraft of Rs 200 crore. This is the reason why employees from various boards, corporations, and some departments are also not receiving their salaries, the report said. According to the report, in the HRTC alone, approximately 12,000 employees are awaiting their salaries. When combined with employees from other departments, this number exceeds 15,000. The fiscal mess that awaits the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu led Congress government can be understood from the fact that in the current fiscal year, an old loan of around Rs 11,000 crore along with its interest has to be repaid by the sta...