AHMEDABAD : Despite a massive fall in revenue during the coronavirus lockdown since March 25, the Gujarat government has decided to pay full salary to all its employees and pension for all pensioners for the month of April.
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who handles the finance portfolio, said the government has earmarked ₹4,000 crore to pay salary and pension. "Since a majority of businesses and industries are shut due to the lockdown, we are witnessing a huge dip in the income of the state.
Our income from Goods and Service Tax has more or less stopped. Same is the case with our income from petrol and diesel (value added tax)," he said adding that it will not affect salary disbursals. "Though there is a huge dip in our