Govt pay scale to Telangana temple priests

Wednesday 20th September 2017 06:54 EDT
 

HYDERABAD: Telangana government said priests and employees working in temples will be given the state government's pay scales from November. An official release from Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's office said the 'Dhoop Deep and Naivedyam' programme set to be implemented in 1,805 temples, will be extended to 3,000 other temples across the state. “We will give Rs 6,000 per month to another 3,000 temples in the state. With this, the 'Dhoop, Deep, Naivedyam' scheme will be implemented across 4,805 temples in the state,” Rao said. He added that as per records, temples in Telangana have about 83,000 acres under their control and the government will take special care to protect them from encroachment.”


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