KCR doles out sops for Home Guards in plenty

Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday doled out sops to Home Guards in the police department.

He announced a hike in their salary from `12,000 to `20,000 per month and reservations in police jobs.

The CM also promised to extend yearly increment of `1,000 per month. Mr Rao held a meeting with Home Guards at the Pragathi Bhavan. Double bedroom houses also will be provided to home guards. Besides, health insurance will be extended to their family members.

Thirty per cent additional allowance will be extended to the Home Guards working in the traffic department on par with the police. They will also get four pairs of uniform per year like police constables.

Women Home Guards will get six months of maternity leave and their male counterparts will get 15 days of paternity leave. Home Guards on bandobast duty will get diet allowance on par with the police. The allowance for performing the last rites has been hiked to `10,000 from `5,000. Home Guards can also avail treatment in police hospitals.

Home Guards will get enhanced reservation in recruitment by various wings of the police department.

In the TSSP recruitment, the quota has been hiked from 10 per cent to 25 per cent. In the AR recruitment, the quota has been hiked from 5 per cent to 15 per cent and in the civil recruitment from 8 per cent to 15 per cent, in PTO (drivers) recruitment from 2 per cent to 20 per cent, in mechanics recruitment, 2 per cent to 10 per cent, in SPF from 5 per cent to 25 per cent, in fire services recruitment, 10 per cent to 25 per cent, in SARCPL recruitment, 5 per cent to 25 per cent and in the police communications recruitment from 2 per cent to 10 per cent.

Mahendar Reddy, TS DGP, thanked the CM for starting welfare measures for Home Guards. The DGP said that the CM understood the problems of home guards and responded in a humanitarian way. He said the Telangana government has always been taking measures for strengthening the police network.