Sikkim is also the only state in the country that spends 70 per cent of its revenues towards salaries for state government employees and also gives the highest salaries to state government employees.

The CPI figure for December month is almost half of what the RBI has been projecting for the last one year.

The regulatory body for civil aviation in an audit reportedly said delayed salaries were a Type 2 risk but the airline has denied this.

According to media reports, Narayanan is in discussions with Star TV-owned video streaming app Hotstar for the CEO's position.

Although the revamped NPS scheme keeps the employees' contribution intact, the increased government contribution will significantly raise the corpus built by their retirement at 60 years.