Hyderabad, April 24 -- The Telangana government on Thursday decided to enforce a 50% reduction in ministerial salaries to mobilise finances to clear dues owed to retired government employees

The moves comes close close on the heels of the Himachal Pradesh government, which decided last week to cut down the salaries of the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues to overcome a financial crunch.

Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister A Revanth Reddy at the state secretariat, state information and public relations minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said, "All the ministers have voluntarily resolved to cut down their salaries by 50%. Similarly, all the public representatives would forego 50% of their salarie...