Bhubaneswar, Mar 7: Ahead of the 2024 Elections to Lok Sabha and Odisha State Assembly, the Odisha government on Thursday announced a 25 per cent hike in salaries of outsourced employees working in various departments through service provider agencies.

The State government also announced experience-based remuneration, grievance redressal system and timely gratuity for them.

For women outsourced employees working in government departments, the State government announced maternity leave up to 120 days for the first two children.

The government also decided to appoint nodal officers in each department for hearing complaints of employees while a software application will be developed to give justice to outsourcing employees. 

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