THE WEST Bengal authorities on Thursday introduced a rise within the month-to-month allowance for ‘karmabandhus’, or part-time employees, from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000.
Employees related to ‘West Bengal Karmabandhu’ do part-time work, primarily as helpers, underneath the state authorities. Specifically, karmabandhus are employed as cleaners or evening watchmen.
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress authorities launched the idea of karmabandhus to assist a number of departments and recruit workers as properly.
A notification issued on this regard learn, “When it comes to finance division memo No. 7284-F(P2)/ FA/ 0 / 2M-l dated 27/ 11/ 2017 remuneration of part-time karmabandhu paid out of contingency was enhanced to Rs 3,000 monthly with impact from 01/01/2018. The query of revision of remuneration of part-time karmabandhus was underneath lively consideration of the federal government for a while. Now, the federal government has determined that remuneration of part-time karmabandhus paid out of contingency could be enhanced to Rs 5,000 monthly. No different allowance could be admissible to them. This order shall take impact from 01.09.2024.”
A senior official mentioned, “The federal government tried to extend their [karmabandhus] allowance earlier than Durga Puja however for a number of causes, this might not be completed. Now, the federal government introduced to present them elevated remuneration from September 1.”
