Rajasthan to train state service officers abroad; daughter-in-law of deceased employee also entitled to govt job on compassionate ground

In a landmark policy shift, the Rajasthan government has come out with a series of big measures aimed at boosting morale within the state bureaucracy and expanding the social security cover for families of its employees and their dependents in its latest budget. The provisions range from foreign training for state service officers like IAS officers to providing employment eligibility to daughters-in-law of deceased employees and relief to women employees, including single and surrogate mothers.

After the death of a government employee, their daughter-in-law will be entitled to govt job on compassionate grounds. Besides, in case an employee gets permanently disabled while in govt job and becomes unable to perform their duties, their dependent will be given a compassionate appointment.

If someone resigns within a year of joining service, a waiting list will be issued in his place, making way for the youth to get govt job. At the same time, on the lines of IAS, state service officers will also be given the facility of training abroad. With this, officers will move from a rule-based to a role-based working style with the spirit of Karmayogi.

A salary account package will be introduced for the overall welfare of the employees of the government and public sector undertakings. In this, along with a salary account, advanced banking facilities, loans at concessional rates, insurance, etc., facilities will be made available.

This facility will also be extended to pensioners up to the age of 70. The Chief Minister’s Shishu Vatsalya Sadan will be opened during office hours to care for the children aged six months to six years of government women employees.

Childcare leave will be given to single women employees in six phases. Currently, female employees are granted child care leave in a maximum of three phases in a calendar year. Considering the special needs of single woman employees, it is now proposed to extend this leave to them in six phases.

The govt has also announced relief to female employees who become mothers through surrogacy. Surrogate mothers will be granted 180 days of maternity leave, and commissioning mothers will be granted 90 days of maternity leave.

The state government has provided significant opportunities to fill vacant positions in government departments by candidates on the waiting list. Under this initiative, provisions will be made for selecting candidates from the category-wise waiting list for a post in the event that a candidate finally selected for a position resigns, dies, or is dismissed within one year of joining.

The daughter-in-law of the deceased government employee will also be included in the list of eligible dependents for compassionate appointment. Currently, there is a provision to give compassionate appointment to eligible dependents of a government employee who suffers permanent disability due to an accident while on duty. Now, if such disability is caused to the employee, his eligible dependent will be given a compassionate appointment if he is no longer capable of performing government duties.

The state government has provided major relief for specially abled children receiving family pensions by doing away with the requirement to submit a permanent disability certificate every three years. Now, they will need to submit the certificate only once.

At the same time, the rules for regular payments to pensioners have also been simplified by introducing a mobile app that will enable pensioners to submit their own annual life certificates using face authentication technology.