Haryana unveils financial bonanza for retirees of aided schools

Pradeep Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 12

The Haryana Government has unveiled a financial bonanza in the shape of monthly honorarium ranging from Rs 6,000 to Rs 20,000 for the teaching and non-teaching staff of the government-aided schools, who retired between July 28, 1988 and May 10, 1998.

The monthly honorarium, which will be paid under the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Honorarium Scheme, will be paid to the teaching and non-teaching staff who retired from sanctioned and aided posts from privately-managed schools, with effect from January 1, 2019.

Additional Chief Secretary (School Education) Mahavir Singh said the honorarium would be given to only those retirees who were not getting any other pensionary benefits.

“Besides, they would not be entitled to any DA or other allowances and only fixed honorarium would be paid to them,” Mahavir Singh added.

Under the scheme, while the retired principals would be paid Rs 20,000, the headmasters would get Rs 18,000. The lecturers would be paid Rs 16,000 and masters Rs 14,000. The JBTs, drawing teachers and PTIs would be entitled to Rs 12,000 per month.

As far as Class III non-teaching staff is concerned, they would get Rs 11,000 while non-teaching Class IV employees would be paid Rs 6,000. The retirees must have completed a minimum of 10 years in service to be eligible for the honorarium.