Karnataka government to form panel on social security for outsourced staff

In a move likely to benefit around 3.8 lakh outsourced employees, the Cabinet decided on Thursday to form a sub-committee to look into providing social security for such workers in departments and boards.

Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said, “The Cabinet decided to form a sub-committee to look into providing social security and other facilities to lakhs of people working in departments and boards.”

The Cabinet discussed the possibility of regularising these jobs, which will be a major policy decision due to big differences in salaries of employees and outsourced counterparts. 

It approved a proposal to alter protocol for government events. Nine members can be mentioned in invitations and can be present on the stage. The upper limit for this is 13.

While the concerned minister will finalise names for a state-level programme, district in-charge minister will finalise names for district-level events. For taluk-level programmes, names will be finalised by local MLA. The Cabinet decided to hold a special meeting on September 16 to take a final call on providing compensation to farmers and acquiring land for Upper Krishna Project phase 3.