Pay full salaries for May to govt employees: Andhra CM

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday asked state officials to pay full salary to government employees for the month of May.

"As due to coronavirus outbreak, a certain percentage of salary was deferred from March and April, the officials are directed to pay full salary to the government employees for the month of May," Reddy said during a video conference with the officials.

The Chief Minister directed the state Finance Department to release the salaries as soon as possible.

( With inputs from ANI )