Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
Expansion
The widowed daughter-in-law of the employees of decentralized service working in municipal bodies will be given equal rights as the dependents of state employees. In this regard, the Urban Development Department has changed the definition of family in the UP Service Period Municipality (Decentralized) Retirement Benefit Rules-1984 and has also included the dependent daughter-in-law of the deceased employee.
Principal Secretary Urban Development Amrit Abhijat has issued a government order in this regard on Thursday. Instructions have been sent to all the urban bodies.
Let us tell you that the state government has issued the Recruitment (12th Amendment) Rules-2021 for dependents of government servants who died during service. It talks about giving equal rights to widowed daughters-in-law like sons and daughters. The bodies come under the category of autonomous institutions. Therefore, the bodies are not able to get the benefit of the policies issued by the state government until it is accepted.
It has been said in the government order that on the basis of this manual of the personnel department, it has been adopted i.e. accepted for giving benefits in the bodies. On this basis, the widowed daughter-in-law of the deceased personnel of decentralized service period in the municipal bodies will be considered as included in the category of dependent and the decided benefits will be given.
