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Increased allowances for sugar mill workers in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced that the retaining allowance of the unskilled workers of the cooperative sugar mills would be increased from the existing 25 percent to 35 percent and that of the semi skilled workers from 35 per cent to 40 per cent.

He also announced that the benefit of assured career progression will be given to those employees of the sugar mills in Haryana who had no promotion channel and have completed 10 years and 20 years of service on the same post. The sugar mill authorities would be allowed to recruit employees on daily wages against the vacant posts for smooth running of the mills, he said.

The Chief Minister was addressing a largely attended Abhinandan Samaroh organized by the employees of Haryana sugar mills at Meham in district Rohtak.

The Chief Minister also assured that while implementing the recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission, the Government would take care that the employees of sugar mills get the same benefits which would be given to the employees of other Cooperative Institutions.

In order to strengthen the financial positions of the sugar mills, the state government sanctioned a proposal for changing a loan of Rs 284.62 crore in share capital and waived off the interest of Rs 181 crore on these loans, the Chief Minister said and claimed that it had brought improvement in the financial positions of the mills.

He disclosed that the government had prepared a sugarcane development project under which Rs 24.64 crore have been allocated. - PTI

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