The Andhra Pradesh government has ordered deferment of payment of full salaries to the chief minister, other elected representative, officers and other state government employees due to the current Covid19 expenditure.

As per the order, the deferments will range from 10 to 100 per cent.

"While the revenue streams have totally dried up due to the lockdown, the demand on state resources has increased tremendously for contact tracing, quarantining, providing personal protection equipment, drugs, health facilities, etc. and for providing financial assistance to the poor people, most affected by the lockdown," said Chief Secretary Nilam Sawhney.

"There shall be 100 per cent deferment in respect of Chief Minister, Ministers, MLCs, MLAs chairpersons and members (political appointees) of all government-owned corporations, elected representatives of all local bodies and people holding equivalent posts".

All India Services officers (IAS, IPS and IFS) will see a 60 per cent deferment in their salaries and other employees will get only 50 per cent of their pay, it said.

Class-IV employees, outsourced and contractual staff and the newly employed village and ward secretariat staff will be paid 90 per cent of their salaries, with only a 10 per cent deferment and pensioners would have a proportionate deferred payments stated the notification.