DIMAPUR, MARCH 4 (MExN): The Nagaland State Finance Department today stated that the government is seriously concerned over the delay in payment of salaries to its employees and has been taking all possible steps to mitigate the difficulties of such employees.
“There are procedural problems which are to be tackled as best as possible according to the situation arising from time to time,” a press note from the department stated.
It meanwhile said that the clarification issued by the Finance Department on February 22 “contained facts, and there cannot be any question of accepting or rejecting facts.”
“While the news item of February 23, 2017 referred to the alleged ‘parking of more than Rs.5000 crore in the State coffers’, the one of March 3, 2017 has shifted to the utilization of CSS funds, payment of State Share and delay in payment of salaries to the SSA, RMSA and Hindi teachers,” the department observed.
The department said it would be proper “if, instead of making wild allegations, specific instances of irregularities committed by the Finance Department or its Officials are brought to the notice of the concerned authorities so that appropriate actions may be taken.”
The details of executive action taken by the Government from time to time cannot be made the subject matter of debate in the media, it added, while stating that the Finance Department, “therefore, does not wish to be drawn into such media debate and hence shall not respond to such opinionated views in future.”
The department made clear that the government in general and the Finance Department in particular “will continue to take actions as deemed necessary from time to time to redress the grievances of the employees as best as is possible under the given circumstances.”
