Policy on ex gratia jobs modified

Pradeep Sharma
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, February 22

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday unveiled a modified policy for providing government jobs on ex gratia basis to the kin of deceased government employees.

Replying to the debate on the Governor’s Address, Khattar said government jobs would be provided to the kin of government employees who died up to the age of 48 years. The kin would have the option of full salary of the deceased employee till the age of 58 years if the government failed to provide a job.

The families of deceased employee above the age of 48 years would only get salary till the age of 58 years, he said, adding that modalities of the new scheme would be worked out soon.

Under the Ex Gratia Policy 2006, 5 per cent of posts were reserved for such cases, but under the new policy, it had been extended to all ex gratia cases.

Amid interruptions by Congress members, including Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Karan Dalal, on bringing the Punjab Land Preservation Act Bill in the current session, Khattar asserted that the legislation had been brought for striking a balance between development and environmental preservation.

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• No simultaneous Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha polls
• Decision on PLPA in consultation with Assembly
• Collector rate now to be known as fair value rate
• Clinical Establishment Act to cover diagnostic centres