SHIMLA-15October 2024
State government dedicated to ensure welfare of its employees: CM
HPSPCB contributes Rs. 2 Crore towards Chief Minister's Relief Fund
A delegation of the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB) presented a cheque of Rs. 2 Crore to Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here today towards the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
The Chief Minister lauded this generous contribution, appreciating the Board's commitment to social welfare.
He said that directives have been issued to all Boards and Corporations to release salaries and pensions on the 28th of this month, ahead of the upcoming festive season. This decision was set to benefit approximately 50,000 employees and pensioners of the all Boards and Corporations across the state.
The Chief Minister said that the state government had also decided to release an additional 4 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) to all the government employees, effective from 1st January 2023. The employees of the HP State Pollution Control Board would benefit from this increase as well. Furthermore, the pending arrears under the sixth Pay Commission would be released to all Pollution Control Board employees.
Shri Sukhu reaffirmed the state government's dedication to the welfare of its employees, emphasizing various initiatives implemented over the past 20 months. He said that the government had reinstated the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to provide social security and ensure a dignified life for retired employees.
"This decision, taken during the first Cabinet meeting of the present state government, reflects a humanitarian approach rather than political motives," said the Chief Minister adding that the government remains committed to prioritizing the well-being of government employees and ensuring their adequate support.
MLA Neeraj Nayar, Additional Chief Secretary Onkar Chand Sharma, Member Secretary of Pollution Control Board Anil Joshi and CEO of My Gov Dr. Gopal Gautam were also present on the occasion.
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SHIMLA- 15October 2024
Employees of all Boards and Corporations to receive salary on 28th of this month: CM
HPSPCB contributes Rs. 2 Crore towards Chief Minister's Relief Fund
A delegation of the Himachal Pradesh State Pollution Control Board (HPSPCB) presented a cheque of Rs. 2 Crore to Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here today towards the Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
The Chief Minister lauded this generous contribution, appreciating the Board's commitment to social welfare.
He said that directives have been issued to all Boards and Corporations to release salaries and pensions on the 28th of this month, ahead of the upcoming festive season. This decision was set to benefit approximately 50,000 employees and pensioners of the all Boards and Corporations across the state.
The Chief Minister said that the state government had also decided to release an additional 4 percent Dearness Allowance (DA) to all the government employees, effective from 1st January 2023. The employees of the HP State Pollution Control Board would benefit from this increase as well. Furthermore, the pending arrears under the sixth Pay Commission would be released to all Pollution Control Board employees.
Shri Sukhu reaffirmed the state government's dedication to the welfare of its employees, emphasizing various initiatives implemented over the past 20 months. He said that the government had reinstated the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) to provide social security and ensure a dignified life for retired employees.
"This decision, taken during the first Cabinet meeting of the present state government, reflects a humanitarian approach rather than political motives," said the Chief Minister adding that the government remains committed to prioritizing the well-being of government employees and ensuring their adequate support.
MLA Neeraj Nayar, Additional Chief Secretary Onkar Chand Sharma, Member Secretary of Pollution Control Board Anil Joshi and CEO of My Gov Dr. Gopal Gautam were also present on the occasion.
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SHIMLA- 15 October 2024
CM directs to settle pending cases of revenue corrections by 31st October
Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu in a review meeting of the Revenue Department here today, directed to start a special campaign to settle all pending revenue cases. He said that pending cases were being settled through Revenue Lok Adalats and there was a need to speed it up further. He said that people should get relief from visiting government offices time and again and the revenue officers should pay special attention to this.
Shri Sukhu said that the government was committed to providing facilities to the people at their door-step and it was very important to settle pending revenue cases. He directed all Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners to settle all pending cases of correction by October 31, 2024.
He said asked all the Deputy Commissioners to deploy a nodal officer in their respective districts to review the pending revenue matters and send its report to the government so that the pending cases could be settled well within the time. He said that for the settlement of revenue matters, the Deputy Commissioners had been given powers to fill the vacant posts up to Naib Tehsildar for which adequate budget would be made available. He said that he would review the matter again in the month of November.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the performance of relief works for the victims of last year's disaster. He said that the present state government had released Rs 4500 crore as a special relief package for the disaster affected and ensure full help to the affected families from this amount.
Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi, Additional Chief Secretary Onkar Chand Sharma, Secretary to the Chief Minister Rakesh Kanwar, OSD to the Chief Minister Gopal Sharma, Settlement Officer Aditya Negi and other senior officers were present in the meeting while all the Deputy Commissioners joined the meeting virtually.