Govt to frame policy for outsourced workers: CM

Tribune News Service

Shimla, February 15

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the state government was aware of the problems of outsourced employees and would soon frame a policy for them.

At a function organised by the Outsourced Employees Federation, the Chief Minister said the outsourcing was done to carry out policies and programmes of the government for a limited period.

He said the period of service of outsourced employees should not be prolonged. There should be a policy for such employees. The government was aware of the grievances of the outsourced employees and would surely redress them, he added.

He said the employees should work sincerely for the welfare of the state. They should rise above petty politics as they form the backbone of the state government and are instrumental in implementing the policies and programmes.

Targeting the BJP, Virbhadra said there were a few forces which were trying to create a rift between the people right from the panchayat to the state level. “They try to divide the people when the elections near and sometimes succeed in their motive, but the people have to understand their modus operandi,” he cautioned.

State president, HP Outsource Employees Federation, Dheeraj Chauhan thanked the Chief Minister for taking up the issue of regularisation of the outsourced employees.

The federation said the employees should be brought into the fold of contractual policy of the state government.

State Youth Congress president Vikramaditya Singh said the demand for framing a policy for the regularisation of employees was taken up during Dharamsala rally on the completion of four years of the present government with vice-president Rahul Gandhi. He supported demand for minimising the contract period to three years of these employees after bringing them under the contractual policy.