Haryana Govt directs PSUs to annually decide medical reimbursement for retired employees based on finances, ensuring uniformity across all state undertakings.

The Haryana Government has given key orders to make sure that all retired employees of State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) get the same amount of medical reimbursement.

The State Government has agreed that each State PSU will decide how much medical reimbursement to give to its retired employees for a certain financial year after looking at its finances once a year. The Board of Directors and the appropriate authority will decide how much this will be, and the PSU will pay for it.

The instructions also make it clear that this financial freedom will only apply to the medical reimbursement program for retired workers. The Finance Department’s directives from September 19, 2024, must be followed in all other financial affairs.

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The State Government learned that a number of State PSUs were offering medical reimbursement benefits to retired employees who were covered by the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) or the Contributory Provident Fund (CPF) in different ways. These varied arrangements were causing problems between different groups.

Chief Secretary Sh. Anurag Rastogi, who is also the Additional Chief Secretary of the Finance Department, has sent a letter about this to all of the State’s Boards, Corporations, Companies, Cooperative Institutions, and Autonomous Bodies.