Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma told the State Assembly on March 3 that employees no longer fit to perform their official duties due to terminal illness would be given voluntary pension under the newly-introduced Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2024.
The state is forming committees to identify employees who are unable to perform their duties due to various reasons, including health-related issues.
“We expect the employees, who are no longer fit to perform their duties, to apply for voluntary pension under the Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme. This way, we want to give them an honourable exit,” Lalduhoma said, emphasising that good governance cannot be ensured without such reforms.
Employees' engagement in proxies was deeply rooted in Mizoram. After rising to power in 2023, the Zoram People라이브 바카라 Movement government pledged to end this practice.
It was found during a subsequent survey that the state had 3,365 government employees from 44 departments who hired proxies. A large majority of the employees cited health issues and domestic problems as the reasons behind engaging proxies, but the government was not amused. It ordered them to go to their places of posting and begin performing duties within 45 days.
Stating that there is currently no report of employees hiring proxies, Lalduhoma warned that the offenders would face strong actions.
Under the Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme, government employees covered by the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, who have not completed a minimum of 20 years of qualifying service, may apply for voluntary retirement.
The government retains the authority to review, amend, or modify the scheme, but any changes will not disadvantage employees who have already chosen voluntary retirement and the associated benefits under the scheme.
