Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik today announced various service facilities for the block grant employees working in various aided private higher educational institutions of the state.
According to the announcement, these block grant employees will get fifteen days of annual leave.
Also, female block grant employees will get 180 days maternity leave up to the birth of two babies. After 16 years from the date of block grant, the grantee teacher will be given a Placement Scale facility at the higher pay scale.
Similarly, the Chief Minister has increased the amount of Ex-Gratia amount for the block grant employees in the case of death in the working period or permanent disability from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh and from Rs. 1.50 lakh to Rs. 3.50 lakh respectively.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet has also decided to provide a lump sum amount of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh to teaching and non-teaching staff, respectively, at the time of retirement at the age of 60 years. Â After this decision of the Chief Minister, about 17,500 employees will be benefited.
