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Naidu to check works today
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be inspecting the progress of works of the temporary Secretariat building at Velagapudi on Friday. Meanwhile, the government is also examining applications, it has received from few senior employees - women in particular - who are nearing end of their service, for a golden hand shake, so that they can settle down in Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will be inspecting the progress of works of the temporary Secretariat building at Velagapudi on Friday. Meanwhile, the government is also examining applications, it has received from few senior employees - women in particular - who are nearing end of their service, for a golden hand shake, so that they can settle down in Hyderabad. The employees unions also urged the government to devise a special VRS scheme. However, the government is yet to take a decision on the same.
Official sources told The Hans India that Chief Secretary S P Tucker and his team had carried out an exercise on the same lines. It is learnt that the government was willing to concede to the 30 per cent HRA demand, apart from providing incentives that were given to the government employees during the formation of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
According to rough estimates, the total number of employees to be shifted in three phases from June to August would be around 10,000. This includes 7,851 permanent employees and about 1,500 contract and outsourcing personnel. Meanwhile, the State government is yet to take a decision regarding the future of 1,200 police personnel, who are working in Hyderabad.
Employee unions state that the government will have to fill about 50 per cent vacancies within one year of shifting to the temporary secretariat. According to the present schedule, about 3,000 employees would be moving to Velagapudi by June and the HODs will shift by the end of July, all others would be relocated by the end of August.
