The State Government has moved a step in the direction of implementing the Old Pension Scheme for State government employees. At the Cabinet meeting held today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Cabinet gave its nod for abolishing the existing contributory pension scheme at the same time introducing the old pension scheme.
A three member committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner, Jharkhand which will prepare the draft proposal for introducing the old pension scheme. The Finance Secretary and Personnel Secretary will be the members of the committee.
After the report of the committee, a proposal will be brought in the Cabinet again and the old pension scheme will be implemented by abolishing the existing contributory pension scheme.
Under the old pension scheme, state government employees whose appointment process was carried out prior to 1/12/2004, but whose pension was part of the contributory pension scheme after 1/12/2004.
The state government employees were very excited after the Cabinet nod of introducing old pension schemes. After the cabinet meeting, government employees greeted chief minister Hemant Soren. Soren later talking to a media person said, “This government is for all. We have carried out steps in all sectors education, sports and others. We have also maintained communal harmony in the State.”
In another Cabinet decision, a nod for paying Rs 27 extra to MGNREGA workers was made. The Central government pays Rs 210 wages to MGNREGA workers. The State government will make additional payment from Rs 27 state planned funds, i.e. they will now be given Rs 237. Apart from this, the cabinet has decided to give 1 kg of gram dal to 5800000 ration card holders for Rs 1. It was decided to give the benefit of 7th pay scale to the scientists officers to the retired teachers of Birsa Agriculture University. They will be given economic benefits from January 1, 2016 to March 1, 2022. For this an amount of more than Rs 14 crores has been approved.
The Council of Ministers has decided to adopt 36 such castes which are listed in the Backward Classes but are not listed in the Central Government by the Government of India through Income and Asset Certificates. On the basis of this, they will get benefits. Until now they were not getting benefits in central jobs.
The cabinet has decided to give clothes twice a year to 9221 Tana Bhagats who are above 25 years of age. Rs 4000 will be given for clothes, in which Rs 3.68 crore will be spent. Anganwadi centers in the state have been given an extension of one year. Nod for giving free power to poor people whose monthly power consumption is upto 100 units. Also it was decided to open new polytechnic colleges in eight places including Hazaribagh, Chatra, Lohardaga, Jamtara, Palamu, Godda, Bagodar and to affiliate them with Pan IT Nity.
Approval was given to construct a new Collectorate building at Lohardaga. On the proposal of the Labor Department, the manual was approved for giving 75 per cent reservation in the private sector.