SunstarTV Bureau: The Odisha Cabinet on Monday approved the proposal of increasing the remuneration of all contractual employees working under the State Government by 50%, informed the Minister Pratap Jena.
The meeting was chaired by the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
The contractual employees will be referred to as ‘Initial Appointees’ from now onwards, the minister said.
The existing remuneration will be increased by 50 percent in the first year while the employees will be regularized after six years. The state government will bear an additional expenditure of Rs 250 crore every year for this purpose, said Jena.
Earlier, such employees were not getting any additional benefits. Now, they will get reimbursement towards medical treatment, the minister added.
