Kochi: The salary and pension disbursal of the state government was hit for the second successive day on Friday as there was no end to the currency crunch with the Reserve Bank of India failing to supply the money sought by the government. As against the state’s request for Rs 140.57 crore, the RBI provided just Rs 99.83 crore to treasuries. This is Rs 10 crore less than what was provided on Thursday. The worst hit were the northern districts of Kozhikode and Malappuram. Kottayam too was not provided with sufficient funds.
The number of people who withdrew pensions from the treasury on Friday was 37,702, taking the total to 96,000. Nearly 3.4 lakh pensioners are still to get their pensions. The number of employees who have withdrawn their salaries from the treasury on Friday is 5,400. The total outgo on Friday, including the disbursal to PSU employees, was Rs 115 crore. Three treasuries in the state have not received any amount while 22 got less than Rs 10 lakh. At least two treasuries, Perunthalmanna and Karuvarakkundu, both in Malappuram district, did not receive any money at all in the last two days.
The Kuravilangad treasury in Kottayam district has also not received any amount. Peerumedu, Kootanaad, Chathannoor, Kadakkal and Chadayamangalam treasuries received money late on Friday. The RBI has been generous with treasuries in Thiruvananthapuram and Ernakulam. In as many as 22 treasuries, the money provided was less than Rs 10 lakh. The district treasury in Ernakualm functioned without any hiccup as it received the requested amount for meeting transactions during the day.
The sub-treasuries, however, were not fortunate as they have received only limited cash. The district treasury received Rs 83 lakh while the transactions amounted to Rs 74 lakh for the day. The Ernakulam sub-treasury, one of the busiest in the state, received only Rs. 50 lakh as against Rs. 80 lakh it had demanded. DISTRICT - MONEY REQUESTED (in crore) - MONEY RECEIVED (in crore) Thiruvananthapuram: Rs 19,91 - Rs 17.32 Kollam: Rs 14.12 - Rs 9.89. Pathanamthitta: Rs 6.4 - Rs 4.85. Alappuzha: Rs 12.35 - Rs 7.79 Kottayam: Rs 11.65 - Rs 6.1. Idukki: Rs 5.28 - Rs 3.57. Ernakulam: Rs 12.36 - Rs 12.08. Thrissur: Rs 9.95 - Rs 7.01. Palakkad: Rs 8.13 - Rs 5.41. Malappuram: Rs 9.81 - Rs 2.92. Kozhikode: Rs 12.55 - Rs 7.75. Wayanad: Rs 3.80 - Rs 3.03. Kannur: Rs 10.92 - Rs 8.87. Kasargod: Rs 3.35 - Rs 3.28. Total - Rs 140.57 - Rs 99.83.
