Haryana Government has decided to provide various incentives to the employees of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS), including promotional benefits, increase in ex gratia assistance, medical reimbursement and gratuity.
The decision would benefit about 3,863 employees of 715 PACS in the state, said Minister of State for Cooperation, Manish Kumar Grover while talking to the mediapersons on Monday here.
He said that Chief Minister Manohar lal had approved a proposal to this effect.
Grover said that the government had accepted the long-pending demands of PACS Karamchari Mahasangh, including promotion benefits to matric-pass PACS employees. The ex-gratia assistance provided to all PACS employees would be enhanced from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.
Similarly, medical reimbursement (indoor) facility would be enhanced from Rs 25,000 to Rs 2.50 lakh per annum based on the rates of Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. In addition, the gratuity benefit would now be calculated on the basis of period of 15 months instead of the earlier 12 months, subject to the maximum limit of Rs five lakh, said the Minister.
Following the decision, the representatives of PACS Karamchari Mahasangh and Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh thanked the State Government for the support and cooperation that had paved the way for PACS employees to get these financial and other benefits.