Owing to the sharp fall in state revenue in the 2019-20 fiscal due to the lockdown, the Uttar Pradesh government has deferred the payment of arrears of state employees till June 30.
The financial sanctions by different departments for major construction work and land acquisition will be issued after June 30, after prior approval from Finance department.
Financial sanctions for release of state share for Centrally-sponsored schemes will also be issued with prior approval of Finance department.
However, the government will make payments of the nature of committed expenditure like salaries of state employees, teachers of state-run primary schools, and teaching and non-teaching staff of government-aided educational institutions, autonomous bodies aided by the government.
Payment of wages and honorarium of home guards, ASHA Bahu, Prantiya Raksha Dal and Anganwadi workers will also be as usual and there will be no delay.
As per orders issued by Additional Chief Secretary (Finance) Sanjeev Mittal on Saturday, all other necessary payments to the staff of police, medical and health, revenue, medical education will be made as usual.
He said that all necessary expenditures to be incurred by different government departments for fighting COVID-19 would continue to be made.
The urban local bodies and other government bodies have been asked to make regular payment of electricity bills to UP Power Corporation Limited. The departments have also been asked to pay property and water tax to urban local bodies.