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Himachal Pradesh Government employees will get Time Scale of 4-9-14. This was announced by the Chief Minister Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal while addressing the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) Meeting held here today. This had met the long awaited demand of the employees and would benefit 3.37 lakh regular, contractual, part time, daily wage employees of different Departments, Boards and Corporations with various other announcements made by the Chief Minister on the occasion.
Chief Minister announced that contractual employees recruited through proper recruitment system under R&P Rules by H.P. Public Service Commission and H.P. Subordinate Services Selection Board etc. will be regularised in six years now instead of eight years earlier. They will also be given medical leave of 10 days in a year in addition to 12 days casual leave being given to them. Further they will be eligible for transfer after three years instead of five years earlier. All contractual employees would also be covered under National Health Insurance Scheme. This decision of the Government will benefit over 42000 employees.
Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal also announced grant of one special increment to IV employees on completion of 20 years of service. This will also benefit over 80,000 employees in the State. He also announced enhancement in Tribal Allowance from Rs. 200 to Rs. 300 to the employees serving in tribal areas of the State.
Prof. Dhumal announced adoption of uniform Policy for providing compassionate employment to kith and kin which would also cover contractual employees. He announced that Part Time Water Carrier would be made Daily Wager on completion of 9 years instead of 10 years and they will be designated as Water Carrier-cum-Sewadar. He said that eligible Water Carriers would be absorbed against available vacancies. He also announced housing loan facility to the State Employees on the pattern of Central Government employees on the basis of basic pay of revised pay scales by removing upper limit of Rs. 7.5 lakh. He also announced enhancement in the budgetary provisions for repair of Government Residential houses for the employees at district level from Rs. 10 crore to Rs. 13.85 crore.
Chief Minister said that the State Government during its present term beginning from January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2012 had provided financial benefits worth Rs. 6,296.84 crore which included implementation of 5th Pay Commission Recommendations. He said that entire pay arrear to state employees and pensioners had been cleared while the neighbouring State of Punjab had released only 40 percent to its employees. He said that house rent allowance had been doubled; contractual employees also provided financial benefits to the tune of Rs. 45 crore.
