Uttarakhand

• 20 Jan 2023

96 Policemen will be honored for their Excellent Service in Uttarakhand

Why In News?

• According to information received from the media on January 19, 2023, Uttarakhand Governor Gurmeet Singh will give Outstanding Service Medals and Meritorious Service Awards to 96 police officers and employees on Republic Day for doing better work in the state. The police headquarters has released a list in this regard.

Key points

• According to the list released by the police headquarters, Deputy Superintendent of Police Narendra Nagar Dinesh Chandra Badola and Inspector Puran Singh Rawat will get the Outstanding Service Medal.
• Apart from this, Deputy Superintendent of Police Champawat District Vipin Chandra Pant, Inspector SDRF Harshvardhan, Inspector SDRF Harak Singh, SI Telecommunication Khayali Dutt Joshi, Gajpal Singh Rawat, Additional Sub-Inspector Mangal Singh, Yogendra Singh and Dinesh Chandra have been given excellent service honor mark and constable Jagdish Chandra Pant for distinguished work. Inspector Police Telecommunication Pramod Petwal and SI Vimleshwar Prasad Raturi will be awarded the Outstanding Service Award.
• Along with this, 14 police officers and employees will be honored with Meritorious Service Honor Mark for meritorious service and 70 police personnel will be honored with Meritorious Service Honor Mark for distinguished work.

Maternity and Child Care Leave of Women Workers of Uttarakhand will be Calculated in MACPS

Why In News?

• On January 18, 2023, Uttarakhand Finance Secretary Dilip Jawalkar informed that their maternity leave and child care leave related to women workers of the state government will be calculated in the Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS).

Key points

• Additional Chief Secretary (Chief Minister) Radha Raturi had written a letter to Additional Chief Secretary Finance Anand Bardhan requesting him to include the period of maternity leave and child care leave of women workers in the MACP system.
• Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi said that such cases of women workers working in many departments came to their notice, they could not get the benefit of ACP Scheme.
• He said that the minimum standard of annual confidential entry of five years is good for grant of MACP. However, due to non-calculation of external service period and external waiting period and various types of leave (except exceptional and unpaid leave) sanctioned by the competent officer, the benefit of ACP Scheme was not available.
• In the absence of annual confidential entry for a period of less than three months in a given year, that period was also not being taken into the calculation of MACP.
• According to the government order, workers will now be taken cognizance of the annual entries of five years prior to the date of grant of MACP if the annual confidential entry of a year has not been written due to a tenure of less than three months during a year. If the standard of good ACR is not being met even in that period, then the date of MACP will be extended further.