MP govt declares benefits for contractual workers in state

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that contractual employees in the state will receive benefits similar to permanent government employees. This includes job regularization, equal salary, gratuity, health insurance, and leave facilities. The announcement comes after years of protests by contractual employees. The opposition Congress party has criticized the government for creating the problem in the first place and called for immediate regularization of the staff.

Updated on: Jul 5, 2023, 24:57:59 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Bhopal: About one and a half lakh contractual employees in Madhya Pradesh will get benefits similar to permanent government employees and will be freed from the process of annual contract renewal, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Tuesday.

Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Chouhan made several announcements in favour of contractual employees, who are staging protests over the last three years for regularisation of jobs. “Fifty percent of posts will be reserved for contractual employees in recruitment ... [they] will get salary equal to regular employees, gratuity will be provided during retirement... health insurance ... they will also get all the leave facilities, including maternity leave...,” he said.

Reacting to the development, Congress spokesperson KK Mishra said,“First, they introduced the problem in way of contractual staff’s appointment... now they come up with a solution. If they are really concerned about them, they should regularise the staff today.”

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Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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