With Assembly elections scheduled in October this year, Haryana Cabinet on Saturday took a slew of populist decisions. These decisions included recruitments, promotions, increasing the ex-gratia amount of certain categories etc. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda presided over the Cabinet meeting held here.
Medal winners appointed
Policy on out of turn appointment to sports medal winners was liberalised. Now, the medal winners of Commonwealth Games, World Championship and World Cup by recognised Sport Association or Federation will also be considered for appointment to Group ‘C’ post. At present only participants of Olympic Games, Silver and Bronze Medal winners of Asian Games or Commonwealth Games or medal winners of World Championship or World Cup, Asian Championship are considered for Group ‘C’ posts in the Government.
15-fold in ex-gratia
There would be about eight to 15 fold increase in the ex-gratia given to the family of any member of the central paramilitary forces from Haryana who gets killed or disabled in operational area or in terrorist-related activities.
The amount of Rs 2.5 lakh, given in case of death in war and action against militants or terrorists, has now been increased to Rs 20 lakh. Similarly, Rs 2 lakh given in case of death during internal security and operations has been increased to Rs 20 lakh. In case of 50 per cent to 74 per cent disability, Rs 75,000 provided at present has now been increased to Rs 10 lakh.
Service Rules amended
The Cabinet amended Haryana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and District Forum (Group B) Service Rules, 1998 enabling Senior Scale Stenographers and Readers to get promotion as Superintendent.
Class I status to doctors
To enhance status and make the posts of doctors in Haryana more attractive by giving new pay scales under new HCMS (Group A) Service Rule 2014, Haryana Government has decided to give Class-I (Group-A) status to doctors of Haryana Civil Medical Service (HCMS) at the entry level. There are 2560 Medical Officers and 442 posts of SMO in the Health department.
Relief for road users
To mitigate the suffering faced by commuters on account of high toll charges at the toll plazas on National Highways passing through Haryana, Cabinet approved a Policy to provide relief to the commuters of the State. As per the Policy, subsidy would be given for monthly passes in some toll plazas of the State.
Employment to kin of martyrs
The Government would provide employment to one dependent of martyr of Armed Forces personnel or Paramilitary Forces personnel of domicile of Haryana in Group III and IV category in relaxation of rules under ex-gratia scheme.