Dehradun: In the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Finance Minister Premchand Aggarwal, State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Union Bank of India, Canara Bank and District Cooperative Bank approved the corporate salary package and other benefits for government employees at the Secretariat on Wednesday. Signed an MoU with the Government of Uttarakhand for. At present, about 64 percent of the government employees of the state maintaining salary accounts in these banks will benefit from this agreement.
Under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, the state government took the decision of this contract keeping in mind the interests of the government employees. The Chief Minister expressed hope that all these banks will continue to work to make the corporate salary packages more beneficial for the employees. It will be our endeavor that in future 100% employees can avail the benefit of this beneficial package.
Along with the facility of personal insurance cover, other financial benefits will also be provided to the account holders of salary savings account in the branches of these banks. Under this, in case of sudden death, total disability and partial disability of the employee, his dependents will be provided the claim benefit in the form of compensation and other benefits without paying any premium.
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As per the agreement between the State Government and these 05 banks, in the unfortunate event of death of any personnel, this coverage will provide financial assistance to their family, which will range between Rs 30 lakh to Rs 100 lakh. Financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh to Rs 50 lakh in case of complete disability and Rs 5 lakh in case of partial disability. Under the package, an amount ranging from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 40 lakh will be provided by the bank.
Along with this, there is also a provision of financial assistance in this package for the upcoming needs like medical treatment due to accident, ambulance facility, children’s education, daughter’s marriage. The bank will also give a contribution of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh to the dependents of the employees to avoid the challenges in case of natural death.
