India, Feb. 26 -- Telangana's monthly salary and pensions bill have seen a sharp surge over the past decade, with around Rs.6,000 crore reportedly being spent on pensions and payments. Engineers of power utilities in the state are drawing upto Rs.7 lakh, and Class 4 employees, including sweepers, earn around 2 lakh.

Telangana chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao made these revelations on Wednesday, during a conference on the recommendations of the 16th Finance Commission. He said that the state is spending Rs.6,000 crore per month on salary which is four times the outgo (total money paid to individuals) when the state was formed in 2014, Times of India reported.

The chief secretary said that salary and pensions of workers have expanded 300...