Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has said the state government is contemplating formulating a new policy to give jobs on compassionate grounds to the family members of employees who died during service.
Presiding over a high-level meeting, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said the government was adopting a liberal and sympathetic approach to offer jobs on compassionate grounds.
The Chief Minister directed the officers to compile and present department-wise details of the applicants and said that the state government would take appropriate decision keeping in view all aspects to ensure benefit to maximum applicants. He said the government was committed to support the well-being of dependents by giving preference to widows and orphans in providing employment on compassionate grounds.
Chief Minister Sukhu said that the present state government had taken numerous initiatives to ensure the well-being of the government employees. In the first Cabinet meeting, the state government has reinstated the old pension scheme to all the government employees so that they can live a dignified life after their retirement. He said the present state government had also released 11 per cent dearness allowance to all the government employees and pensioners within two years of the government’s tenure.
Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi, Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena, Principal Secretary Finance Devesh Kumar, Secretaries M Sudha Devi and Rakesh Kanwar and Secretary of Law Sharad Kumar Lagwal were also present in the meeting.
Himachal govt mulls forming new policy to give jobs on compassionate grounds
