The Uttarakhand government has increased the honorarium of ex-servicemen employed on contract basis in various government departments through the Uttarakhand Purvasainik Kalyan Nigam Limited (UPNL) by 20%, said officials.
An order in this regard was issued on Friday evening. The move is set to benefit more than 20,000 such employees in the state, said officials.
The increase ranges from ₹6,960 to ₹5,935 for the employees under UPNL.
“The unskilled ones who with, existing honorarium of ₹6960, will get a hike of ₹1392, the semi-skilled, with an honorarium of ₹8008, will get a hike of ₹1602, skilled ones, with ₹8892 honorarium, will get a hike of ₹1778, highly-skilled ones, with ₹9892 honorarium, will get a hike of ₹1978 and those in higher positions, with an honorarium of ₹29675, will get a hike of about 5935,” said an official.
Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the employees were demanding the increase for a long time. “The government has now acted on their demand and hiked their honorarium by 20% which will benefit them. The move has upheld their rights.”
Hemant Rawat, general secretary, UPNL Karmchari Mahasangh, said, “We were demanding this for long and even met the CM on this matter. Now it has been accepted by the government, it will benefit all of us in this dire situation.”
{{/usCountry}}Hemant Rawat, general secretary, UPNL Karmchari Mahasangh, said, “We were demanding this for long and even met the CM on this matter. Now it has been accepted by the government, it will benefit all of us in this dire situation.”
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