Telangana to Deduct Salary for Neglecting Parents: 15% Pay Cut Proposed

• Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced a new law to deduct 10-15% of state employees' salaries for neglecting elderly parents.
• The deducted amount will be directly transferred to the parents' bank accounts.
• The draft bill will be tabled in the upcoming Budget session of the Assembly.
• The move aims to support parents from poor and middle-class families often abandoned after children secure government jobs.
• Telangana would be the second Indian state after Assam to implement such a law, following Assam's PRANAM Act.

Why It Matters: Telangana proposes a law to deduct salaries of government employees who neglect their elderly parents.