At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Cabinet gave a nod to the Protection and Regularization of Contract Employees of Punjab Bill 2021 to regularize employee services. We are concerned about the number. If only employees with 10 years of service are considered and only sanctioned positions are filled, the number may be less than 10,000. — Ashish Julaha, Contract Employee Action Committee The committee recommended that Cabinet approve the bill. The government has already determined the financial impact of the regularization of personnel services, which will result in expenditure of Rs 1,846.87 crore. Sources said it had been discussed that staff in grades A and B were not employed on a contractual basis, but the CM then asked the committee to review it and come back with a new report. Only employees with 10 years of service are considered for regularization. Outsourced employees (those who work for the government but are employees of companies that have been outsourced) are not included in this system. Meanwhile, the state government decided in a statement to waive the services of retired employees who have been reinstated in various ministries. Channi said his government would introduce a bill related to power purchase agreements, resolutions on the center`s agricultural laws and the center`s communication on expanding the BSF`s jurisdiction. The Punjab cabinet, which was supposed to regularize 37,000 contract employees of the state government, state bodies and businesses, postponed the agenda on Friday.
The matter was referred to the Cabinet subcommittee for reconsideration. Prime Minister Amarinder Singh asked the committee to look into the matter again after Minister Rana Gurmit Sodhi objected that regularization was only taking place for Class C and D staff, while Class A and B staff was not mentioned. The agenda for regularizing employee services will be discussed at friday`s Cabinet meeting. Government sources told The Tribune that staff who provided services on a contract/ad hoc basis for 10 years in various government ministries, agencies and enterprises, in line with the recommendations of a cabinet subcommittee consisting of Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, Rural Development Minister Tript Rajinder Bajwa and Minister of Technical Education Charanjit Singh Channi are eligible for regularization. With less than two months to go before the state assembly elections and many promises to keep, the Punjab Congress-led government decided on Tuesday to regularize the services of up to 36,000 employees working on a contractual, ad hoc, labor, daily wage and fixed-term basis. In addition, the state cabinet also approved a mining policy to reduce sand prices from nine rupees per cubic foot to Rs 5.50 per cubic foot and remove brick kilns from the jurisdiction. That`s not all! The government has also decided to increase the minimum wage for unskilled workers by Rs 415.89 as of March 1, 2020. To implement all these decisions, the government will present all related bills to the Vidhan Sabha at the current extraordinary session on November 11 (Thursday). In addition, a bill to reset electricity prices with two private thermal power plants – Nabha Power Limited and Talwandi Sabo Power Limited – will also be introduced at the meeting. According to the cabinet`s decision, a nod was given to the “Protection and Regularization of Contract Employees of Punjab Bill 2021”, which will be presented for adoption at the next meeting of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. “With this decision, the services of nearly 36,000 employees with more than 10 years of service would be regulated. Similarly, the cabinet has also approved the additional creation of supposed posts,” a spokesman for the Prime Minister`s Office said.
The spokesman said the provisions of the booking policy would be followed during the process of regularizing these employees. However, this decision on regularisation would not bind the boards of directors and the companies. The government wanted to regularize employees who served the government for 10 years. The Cabinet subcommittee consisted of Local Government Minister Brahm Mohindra, Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal, etc. A similar law was passed in December 2016, just before the 2017 parliamentary elections. However, it could not be implemented. Congress promised at the time in its 2017 election manifesto to regularize the services of these employees. Sources told The Tribune that the regularization of employees will only be done against sanctioned positions in various ministries and in boards, companies and UAPs.
To enable the state government to develop legislation for the sustainable development of the electricity sector in the state and to make electricity available to consumers on an economical, affordable and sustainable basis, the Cabinet also gave the green light for the Punjab Renewable Energy Security Bill, reform, termination and redetermination of electricity tariffs, 2021 will be included in the current meeting of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. An employee would also be entitled to arrears of ₹8,251 from 1 March 2020 to October 2021. The cabinet also approved the universalization of Ayushman Bharat – Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana, under which the entire population of Punjab would receive insurance coverage of ₹5 lakh per family per year, excluding state and central government employees and retirees. He also approved the “Punjab Tax Repeal Bill (Institutional and Other Buildings), 2021”, which is to be introduced at the current session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha to waive unpaid fees in any case. This decision would give beneficiaries a discharge of ₹ 250 crore. “Given the dilemma/fear in the minds of state producers/farmers due to the strict provisions of the Punjab Contract Farming Act 2013, such as imprisonment, fines and other severe penalties, the Cabinet decided to repeal the above law in the best interests of Punjab farmers,” a government statement said. The government has prepared the draft law on the protection and regularization of contract employees of Punjab, which will be discussed by ministers on Friday, as well as the financial implications of regularizing the services of such a large number of employees. First, those whose services are regulated, in accordance with state government policy, receive only the base salary for three years.
Sources in the Ministry of Finance say the government`s total payroll will increase by 900 crore rupees. More than 37,000 contract employees working in the state government as well as in state bodies and enterprises need to be regularized. Photo for display only. However, those who occupy positions created in certain projects and programs of the central government, the World Bank and other such bodies are not taken into account for regularization. Several contract and outsourced employees had protested against the state government and called for regularization of their services It is proposed to regularize the services of 32,166 ad hoc/contract workers and those of 34,007 others who work on boards of directors, companies and public sector companies. In order to give legal form to the regularization of the services of such a large number of workers, the “Draft Law on the Protection and Regularization of Contract Employees of Punjab” has been prepared, which is to be presented at the next meeting of the Vidhan Sabha, scheduled for September. Chandigarh: In an important decision, the Punjab cabinet on Tuesday passed a bill to regularize the services of 36,000 employees working on a contractual, ad hoc, daily and temporal basis in various ministries. The decision was taken this afternoon at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi here in Punjab Bhawan. According to a spokesman for the Prime Minister`s Office, this decision would regularize the services of nearly 36,000 employees appointed with more than 10 years of service.
Cabinet also approved the additional creation of accepted posts. The program, based on the recommendations of a Cabinet subcommittee led by local government Minister Brahm Mohindra, aims to give offenders in urban areas who have committed uncompensable violations in buildings a unique opportunity for regularization without compromising public safety and convenience. Compound interest costs were also reduced by 25%. A spokesman for the prime minister`s office said the decision would regularize the services of nearly 36,000 employees with more than 10 years of service. “In an important decision, the firm decided today to regularize 36,000 employees. It`s a great gift for the staff,” Channi told reporters. The provisions of the reservation policy would be followed during the regularization process of these employees. However, this decision on regularisation would not bind the boards of directors and the companies. The bill for contract employees that will be presented to the assembly session APPROVES THE MODALITIES FOR AYUSHMAN BHARAT In a move that will benefit the nearly 61 Lakh families of Punjab, the Cabinet also approved the universalization of Ayushman Bharat – Mukh Mantri Sehat Bima Yojana, under which the entire population of Punjab would receive insurance coverage of Rs five lakhs per family per year. with the exception of employees and pensioners of the State and the central government.
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