New transfer policy implemented for NHM contractual employees in Uttar Pradesh

The state government has implemented a significant transfer policy for millions of contractual employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) in Uttar Pradesh. According to a report by Amar Ujala, with the implementation of this new policy, employees will now be able to get transferred from one district to another. This long-standing demand by contractual employees has finally been approved and the policy implemented by Mission Director Dr. Pinki Jowle. Under this policy, every contractual employee can now be transferred from one district to another every third year.

Previously, these employees had organised several sit-ins and protests demanding transfer facilities. Welcoming the decision, Yogesh Kumar Upadhyay, General Secretary of the Joint National Health Mission Employees Union, stated that this new arrangement will put an end to the arbitrariness in transfers. Now, the entire transfer process will be conducted according to the prescribed policy and rules and will be completed within a specific timeframe. A sense of relief is being observed among employees as they had been demanding a transparent transfer process for a long time.

In addition to the transfer policy, the state government has also prepared several other important proposals for the welfare of NHM employees. These proposals include provisions to provide gratuity benefits to employees, providing EPF facilities, and providing health insurance up to ₹5 lakh. All these proposals will now be sent to the state government for approval. The objective of these steps is to provide social security and economic benefits to the employees working on contract.

Along with this, preparations have also been made to provide special benefits to contractual employees in the government recruitment process. According to the proposal sent to the government, contractual employees will be given priority in regular recruitments. Additionally, the proposal includes providing them a maximum weightage of 15 marks in competitive examinations for government jobs and a relaxation of 5 years in the age limit. These provisions will provide great help to employees who have been serving for a long time in securing permanent government jobs.