Haryana Government Will Give Incentive Amount to Sanitation Workers Of Civil Bodies

• 27 Nov 2023

Why In News?

On November 23, 2023, Chief Minister Manohar Lal has announced that additional incentive amount will be given to the sanitation workers of the bodies falling in the top 25 percent (Best Performing) category in the cleanliness survey ranking conducted by the Government of India.

Key Points:

• The Chief Minister said that an annual incentive of Rs 12,000 will be provided to the sanitation workers of those municipalities which are in the top 25 percent category among all the municipalities based on the performance of the Swachh Survekshan.
• Apart from this, an annual incentive amount of Rs 9,000 will also be provided to the sanitation workers of the municipalities falling in the next 25 percent category.
• The Chief Minister said that the incentive amount given to the sanitation workers of the civic bodies will be given on the basis of the performance of the cleanliness survey being conducted by the Government of India.
• The category of incentives to be given in the next financial year will be decided based on the performance of the bodies during the Swachh Survekshan conducted in any one year. In the next year again the incentive amount for the coming year will be decided based on the performance of the latest survey.
• Chief Minister Manohar Lal said that this incentive amount will be provided in 4 installments. An installment will be given at the end of each quarter of the financial year. With this, the sanitation workers will get an additional amount of about Rs 20 crore annually. These include regular employees, municipal roll employees, outsourcing agency employees etc.