In two major decisions taken on Sunday, Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao had decided to permanently scrap the Village Revenue Assistants (VRAs) system, and issued orders providing Rs 1 lakh financial assistance to minority communities with 100 per cent subsidy.
In a swift follow-up action, the Chief Minister announced that all incumbent VRAs in the revenue department would be allotted supernumerary posts after regularisation of their appointments in the revenue department.He directed the Chief Secretary to release an order to this effect on Monday.
The Chief Minister, who conducted a review meeting with officials on the issue, took the decisions based on the recommendations of the ministers’ sub-committee, which went into the issue.
CM KCR said that according to the recommendations of the sub-committee of ministers, the VRS are being adjusted in the departments like Municipal, Mission Bhagiratha, Irrigation and others and they were being made permanent as government employees.
The Chief Minister directed the Chief Secretary Shanti Kumari to release the orders in this regard on Monday.The CM made it clear that the rulers have to take decisions according to the needs of the people in accordance with the changes in the process of social evolution, and it was the responsibility of the governments to provide job security as an alternative to the government employees who are working in professions that were disappearing from time to time.
Meanwhile, the VRA JAC leaders thanked CM KCR stating that they were indebted to him for freeing them from the socially discriminatory duties that have been haunting them for generations, making them permanent as government employees and upholding their self-respect.The Chief Minister said there were 20,555 VRAs working across the state.
Among them were illiterates, who had passed seventh standard and tenth standard and few had studied only up to intermediate, some of them completed degree and then higher studies.
“The government determines the job categories based on their educational qualification.
We will replace them in the respective departments as per the rules,” said the CM.The CM further said that those who have completed higher studies and were eligible for promotions will be filled in the corresponding posts.He directed Principal Secretary of Revenue Department Naveen Mittal to take action in this regard, finalize procedures and issue orders by Monday.
The CM has decided to provide government jobs to the successors of VRAs, who were above the age of 61 years under compassionate appointment basis.
Similarly, the CM said that government jobs will also be provided to the heirs of VRAs who died after 2 June 2014 while performing VRA duties due to any reason.
