15 govt staff to be awarded annually for performance
GUWAHATI: In a bid to encourage state government employees to perform well, the Assam government has decided to award employees annually based on their performance.
This was decided in a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Wednesday.
Five non-gazetted employees at the district level and 10 employees at the state level will be awarded for their performance every year on August 5, the birth anniversary of the state’s first chief minister Gopi Nath Bordoloi, which will be observed as Karmachari Divas from this year.
“This award would be given to create a competitive atmosphere among the state government employees. However, gazetted officers and teachers will not be considered for the award,” state parliamentary affairs minister Pijush Hazarika told reporters after the cabinet meeting.
“The award winning employees will get a one-year extension in their service,” Hazarika said.
The cabinet also decided that state government employees will have to clear all unpaid power bills till July 2021 and submit no-objection certificates (NOCs) to their concerned departments for drawing salary for the month of July.
The state cabinet also welcomed the notice of the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) asking all the states/Union Territories to extend the validity of the TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) certificate for life from the existing seven-year period.
Accordingly, the Cabinet decided to extend the validity of the Assam TET certificate for life.
“However, a decision has been taken to cap the age limit for teaching jobs while candidates can sit for betterment exams,” education minister Ranoj Pegu said.
The cabinet also decided that the state anthem will be played at the beginning of all government programmes, meetings, while the national anthem will be played at the end.
It decided to mandatorily present hand-woven gamosas and traditional snacks in all government functions to encourage local weavers.
The birth anniversary of Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phukan on July 28 would be observed as Deshbhakti Divas (Patriot’s Day), it decided.
Meanwhile, guardian ministers and guardian secretaries, in charge of districts declared as containment zones, will travel to their respective districts and stay there for three days to monitor and oversee the situation.
