India News | Mizoram Guv to Donate 30 Pc of Salary for 6 Months to Fight COVID-19 Outbreak

Aizawl, Jun 2 (PTI) Mizoram Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai on Tuesday committed 30 per of his gross salary for a period of six months to fight the outbreak of novel coronavirus, Raj Bhavan officials said.

They said 30 per cent of the governor's salary is slightly more than Rs 1 lakh and it would be donated to the Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF), which is the states Covid-19 fund.

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Pillai also adopted several measures to cut down on the expenditure of the Raj Bhavan during fiscal 2020-21.

The austerity measures included reducing expenditure on office consumables, furniture, computers and other electronic gadgets, and slashing of water and electricity consumption, officials said.

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Besides, no vehicles would be purchased and domestic tour programmes would be reduced, they said.

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