The Jharkhand government on Friday accepted various proposals together with one month’s extra pay to Covid health workers.
The Jharkhand government on Friday accepted various proposals together with one month’s extra pay to Covid health workers and enhancement in honorarium for mid-day meal assistants. The choices have been taken at a Cabinet assembly, chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
The Jharkhand government final month introduced Rs 103 crore incentive for frontline health workers. “The Cabinet has approved incentives for health department workers including doctors engaged in coronavirus related contact tracing, testing, supervision etc work in COVID hospitals and wards besides control rooms, which will be equivalent to their one month’s salary,” an official assertion after the Cabinet assembly stated.
The incentive shall be equal to the essential wage of April, 2020. Soren had earlier introduced by way of social media one month’s extra wage to medical doctors and medical workers employed to comprise the pandemic.
“In these troubled times, corona warriors are working day and night. Therefore, the state government has decided that doctors and medical workers employed in COVID-related works will be paid one month of their salary as incentive,” Soren had stated.
The Cabinet additionally gave its nod to elevating the honorarium for mid-day meal kitchen assistants to Rs 2,000 which is able to lead to a complete extra expenditure of Rs 40 crore for the 12 months.
Approval was additionally given for set up of 100-MW capability floating photo voltaic plant at Getalsud Reservoir, Ranchi, an official assertion stated.
Approval was additionally given on a proposal to make a suggestion to the Centre for inclusion of Domra caste within the listing of Scheduled Castes of India.
Government nod was additionally given on a proposal to cut back the stamp responsibility on paperwork for mortgage agreements associated to financial institution loans for avenue distributors so as to guarantee loans to them at reasonably priced charges, the assertion stated.
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