Saturday, 23 SEPTEMBER 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The employees and officers working in the cooperative banks of the State will receive salary and perks at par with the nationalised banks. An order in this regard was given by the Cooperation minister Dhan Singh Rawat to the officers on Friday. He also directed that a transfer policy should be prepared for the employees of cooperative banks and a dress code for all the employees should be formulated.
The minister presided over a review meeting of the cooperative committees of Khirsu, Pabau, Thalisain and Beeronkhal at the directorate of the State integrated cooperative development project on Friday. The Cooperation secretary BVRC Purushottam said that the department is developing the software of the transfer policy which will be useful in transfers and postings.
The minister said that the bank officers should expedite the process of granting loans under Deendayal Upadhyaya Kisan Kalyan Yojana and housing, vehicle and other loans. He said that last year loans worth Rs 82 crore were disbursed and this year the target of disbursing loans should be Rs 200 Crores.
He directed the officers to ensure that Ayushman cards, and Abha IDs of all the employees are made and they should register in the Rakt portal for blood donation.
Rawat said that the cooperative department has secured first position in the state in the Ni-shay Mitra in the TB eradication campaign. The minister also reviewed the progress of the Veer Madho Singh Bhandari cooperative farming scheme and said that this type of farming will prove to be a boon for the farmers. The nodal officer of the project Anand Shukla said that vegetables, Kiwi, apricot, apple and oranges are being cultivated under the scheme.
The registrar of cooperatives Alok Kumar Pandey, chairman of district cooperative bank Narendra Singh Rawat, additional registrar Ira Upreti and others attended the meeting.
