Garhwal Post Bureau
Dehradun, 24 Jul: Principal Secretary, Finance, RK Sudhanshu today chaired a review meeting at the Secretariat to assess the progress of integrating state government employees into the Corporate Saving Bank Salary Scheme. The meeting revealed that merely around 60 per cent of the nearly 1.56 lakh eligible employees had been enrolled so far. Expressing dissatisfaction over the sluggish pace, Sudhanshu instructed the officials to accelerate the process and ensure complete coverage under the scheme without further delay.
The scheme, formulated through formal agreements between the state government and various banks and banking institutions, including State Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank, Indian Bank, and District Cooperative Bank, offers free of cost insurance coverage and various financial benefits to all state employees. The financial backing for the scheme is provided entirely by the participating banks.
Sudhanshu directed the Director of Treasury, Pension, and Entitlement, to actively disseminate scheme-related information to employees via the IFMS portal, thereby enhancing accessibility and awareness. To streamline its implementation, he further instructed that a meeting be convened with bank representatives for drafting a comprehensive Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). Additionally, he directed that nodal officers be designated by both the departments and the partnering banks to facilitate timely grievance redressal and information-sharing for employees covered under the scheme. He affirmed that the scheme’s performance would be subjected to another review in the near future.
Among those present at the meeting included Secretary Dileep Jawalkar, Additional Secretaries Himanshu Khurana and Arunendra Chauhan, Director, Treasury, Amita Joshi and senior representatives from the associated banks.
