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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: No more propping up sick psus cm | History Defined

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government will no more prop up public sector units (PSUs) that repeatedly fail to find their financial footing.

Speaking to journalists on the first anniversary of the second LDF government here on Friday, Mr. Vijayan said the administration would not channel taxpayers' money to pay the salaries of employees of PSUs and public utilities that failed to reform.

He seconded Transport Minister Antony Raju's controversial statement that the government could not always dip into the public exchequer to disburse the monthly salaries of the financially ailing Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) workers.

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