Naveen announces 15 days CL in yr for employees of govt-aided edu institutions

Bhubaneswar, Mar 10  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced 15 days of casual leave in a year for employees of various government-aided educational institutions of the state.
Chief Minister's office sources here said, the Chief Minister also announced paid maternity leave of up to 180 days for women employees for two live births.
As many as 33420 teaching and non-teaching staff of 2560 High schools, 940 Upper Primary Schools, 39 Sanskrit tolls, and 138 Madrasa would benefit by the announcement.
Proposals in this regard were received from employees and their Associations during the visit of 5T Secretary V K Pandian and the Chief Minister decided after considering the proposals.
The decision would also apply to Block Grant employees working in Higher educational institutions.
Patnaik also hiked the exgratia amount for block grant employees in the event of death from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 5 lakh and for permanent disability from Rs1.50 lakh to Rs 3.50 lakh.
The Chief Minister announced that the Block Grant employees who have completed 16 years of service under the Block Grant scheme will be given a placement scale with a higher pay scale.
Around 17,500 Block Grant employees would be benefitted from the announcement of the Chief Minister.