Tripura seeks Rs 1,500 Cr central aid to hike government employees salaries

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has demanded Rs 1,500 crore from the Centre to hike salaries and allowances of 214,661 state government employees and pensioners, an official said here on Thursday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance government is keen to implement the party’s pre-poll promise to raise the salaries and allowances of the…