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The state is likely to delay salaries to its employees for the second consecutive month (Express Photo/Kamleshwar Singh/File) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The state is likely to delay salaries to its employees for the second consecutive month (Express Photo/Kamleshwar Singh/File)The cash-strapped Punjab government is likely to delay salaries to its employees for the second consecutive month if the Centre does not pay the state its share of Goods and Service Tax (GST). If the Centre can delay state’s compensation, we can delay the salaries,” said an official. Sources said the state could not borrow money this time for salaries as it already had pending bills worth Rs 6,600 crore. It had somehow managed to pay salaries to Group C and D (daily wagers and Class IV) employees earlier..