Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday has ordered depositing one-year salary of State Ministers in the COVID Relief Fund.
Earlier, Ministers of Karnataka unanimously decided to contribute their one year's salary for COVID relief work in the state.
The order was issued on May 11 and would come into effect retrospectively from May 1 for a year.
The order was given on the direction of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
The State has been reporting 40,000-50,000 COVID infections daily resulting in about six lakh active cases. This has led to a shortage of oxygen, hospital beds, and essential drugs.
The government has imposed a lockdown-like restriction from May 10 to May 24 to contain the spread of the virus.
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