Declare assets or risk August salary, Uttar Pradesh government tells employees

The Uttar Pradesh government has warned its employees that their salaries for August will not be released if they fail to declare their assets before the month ends, The Times of India reported.

Only a fraction of the state government’s employees have declared their assets on the human resources website, the newspaper quoted unidentified officials as saying.

In a letter to department heads, Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh said that after several extensions, the final deadline to complete the process will be August 31, 2024. Only those who submit their details for 2023 by this date will receive their salary for August, The Times of India reported.