Telangana senior sweepers earn Rs 2L a month, says chief secretary K Ramakrishna Rao

Telangana's monthly salary and pension bill has quadrupled to Rs 6,000 crore in a decade, with power utility chief engineers earning up to Rs 7 lakh and senior Class 4 employees around Rs 2 lakh. This surge, driven by successive pay revisions, has intensified competition for government jobs, despite the state's strong economic performance and revenue growth.

By SRIBALA VADLAPATLA