The employees of UPNL working in Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) will now get the benefit of accident insurance of Rs 50 lakh. For this, under the agreement of UPNL, accounts of all the employees are being opened in Punjab National Bank. The bank will also provide them many other facilities.
A contract was signed between UPNL and PNB in September last year. Under this, various benefits will be given to UPNL employees when their honorarium accounts are opened in PNB. UPNL employees will be given accident insurance of Rs 50 lakh by PNB, the lump sum amount of which will be provided to the dependents of the deceased. In a financial year, the facility of 40 to 100 check leaves will be available to the personnel as per their salary without any charge. Two to five RTGS, NEFT or demand drafts can be made free of cost in a year. On taking home, vehicle or personal loan, the bank will give 50 percent discount in processing fee and up to 100 percent discount under Bonanza Offer
After opening the account in PNB, all Upanal employees will get monthly salary. If salary is paid for more than two months, then in the third month, that employee can be deprived of benefits like accident insurance. Ex-servicemen working through Upanal will get the benefits allowed under Pension Insurance (Rakshak Plus Scheme) on transferring their pension account to PNB.
UPCL MD Anil Kumar said that the process has been started on the basis of the letter of Upanal. If the accounts of Upanal employees are in PNB, they will get many benefits. UPCL Executive Director (Human Resources) Dr. RJ Malik has issued a letter to all Chief Engineers, General Managers, Superintending Engineers, Executive Engineers in this regard.
Category of employees according to salary
In the contract of Upanal-PNB, Upanal employees have been categorized according to salary. Those earning between Rs 10,000 and Rs 25,000 are placed in the Silver-25 category, those with a salary of Rs 25,001-50,000 are placed in Gold-50, those with a salary of Rs 50,001-1,00,000 are placed in Premium-100, those with Rs 1,00,001-2,00,000 are placed in Platinum-200, and those above Rs 2,00,001 are placed in Titanium category. Everyone will get accident insurance, but other services have been divided according to the category
