Haryana
Employess Engaged in HKRN will get the Benefit of Health Services
- 18 Oct 2023
- 2 min read
Why In News?
- On October 16, 2023, Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal while presiding over a meeting to extend the benefits of medical services to the employees engaged in urban local bodies said that the employees engaged in various departments of the state under the Haryana Kaushal Rojgar Nigam (HKRN) will be given the benefit of health services in the Chirayu Scheme.
Key Points:
- In the meeting, the Chief Secretary said that now the employees of urban local bodies who are not covered under the ESI scheme and are earning a salary of more than Rs 21,000 will be given the benefit of medical services.
- If the employees engaged in municipal councils, municipalities and municipal corporations have an accident while on duty, then the cost of their treatment will also be borne by the government.
- If a sanitation worker, sewerman, fireman, fire driver dies suddenly, then he is provided insurance of Rs 5 lakh under the Chief Minister's Employees Accident Insurance Scheme. Along with this, financial assistance of up to Rs 3 lakh is also provided to ad hoc, daily wage and contract employees.
- The Chief Secretary said that health benefits were also considered for employees who are out of the skill employment scope. Permission will soon be taken from the Chief Minister to give the benefit of health services to such employees, so that all the employees of urban local bodies and other departments can get the benefit of health services.
