Delay in implementation of recommendations

27/05/2020

The pregnant women officials and disabled persons were exempted from attending the office. However, the order has not been implemented in the J&K UT till date where even some pregnant ladies were reportedly found to be suffering from dreaded Coronavirus. The people of J&K have expressed their surprise over the delay in implementation of the Union Government Circular to provide some succor to the pregnant working women as well as disabled staff members and those suffering from other co-morbidities. The Department of Personnel & Trainings Government of India has made fresh recommendations to all State Governments and Union Territories to exempt the pregnant women and disabled staff members as well as those staff members who are underlying morbidities from attending the offices in view of the prevailing conditions in the country due to spread of COVID. The recommendations were made by the DoPT after it received representations from various people from the J&K UT saying that the recent Circular issued by Government of India has not been implemented in J&K despite the fact that the pregnant women, disabled persons and people suffering from co-morbidities are at high risk of being attacked by Coronavirus pandemic.
As earlier highlighted by our newspaper, the order was to be followed by the Central Government Ministries as well as State and UT Governments to ensure the safety of pregnant women and disabled persons. In addition to that the order further said that the Government employees who have underlying co-morbidities and were undergoing treatment for these ailments before the lockdown may, as far as possible, be also exempted upon attending duties after production of medical prescription from physicians under whose treatment they are as per the CGHS/CS(MA) rules. Fresh suggestions have been made to all the UT and State Governments to follow these guidelines in letter and spirit which are applicable to Central Government employees as well. The Circular stated that during the leave period, the officials should be entitled to full pay, emoluments, arrears as due during routine duty. The Circular further said that the DDOs should submit a consolidated list of such employees of District Disaster Management Authority indicating the expected date of delivery enabling his office to monitor special requirements of individual cases.

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