DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand cabinet on Wednesday extended the benefits of the Sixth Pay Commission to all government-aided school staff both teaching and non-teaching. This will benefit 7,200 teachers and 4,000 non-teaching staff of overnment-aided schools besides pensioners.
The move comes following a prolonged agitation by the teachers and non-teaching staff of aided schools who were left out of the ambit of the Sixth Pay Commission.
The cabinet also decided to accept the demands of the state government employees for grade pay and approved the Assured Career Progression (ACP) scheme under which an employee would get a higher grade after every 10 years in service in case no promotion was given during the period.
Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, state chief secretary Indu Kumar Pandey said all government employees working in border areas would be given hill development allowance which was earlier not being given to them as they were getting border area allowance.
Areas would be identified which are higher that 1,000 metres and allowance would be paid which would range between Rs 150 and Rs 540 in accordance with the grade pay, said Pandey. Valleys located over a height of 1,000 metres but lower in altitude would also be included .
He said an enhanced family planning allowance would be given to the employees. House rent allowance would be raised for state government employees.
Pandey said these decisions would cost the exchequer Rs 200 crore every year. Besides, an additional Rs 900 crore would be paid as arrears.
He said collective insurance cover for government employees would be raised to amounts ranging from Rs 1 lakh, Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh, respectively, depending each employee’s contribution. Earlier, these amounts were Rs 30,000, Rs 60,000 and Rs 1.2 lakh, respectively.
The Khanduri cabinet also approved of the formation of an Uttarakhand safai karamchari aayog which would look after the welfare of the safai karamcharis in the hill state.
New guidelines have been approved for the appointment and promotion of Naib Tehsildars in the state.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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