First meeting of Jail Development Board, decision to increase minimum wage rates of prisoners
Dehradun (IANS). In the first meeting of the Jail Development Board at the Secretariat under the chairmanship of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, it was decided to increase the minimum wage rates of prisoners employed in labor in prisons. It was decided to increase the daily wages from Rs 67 to Rs 85 for skilled, from Rs 52 to Rs 65 for semi-skilled and from Rs 44 to Rs 55 for unskilled.
Bakery units will be established in all the prisons of the state. The bakery unit was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in District Jail, Dehradun on 2 February 2023. This decision was taken after it got good results.
In the meeting, it was agreed to purchase 10 cows of good breed in Sampurnanand Camp (Open Jail), Sitarganj. It was agreed in the meeting to establish a nursery of various species of fruit and medicinal plants on 5 bighas of land of the camp in Sampurnanand Camp (Open Jail) Sitarganj. For this, all arrangements for training, maintenance and procurement will be made by the Horticulture Department. 50 to 60 prisoners can be employed as labor from this nursery centre.
It was decided in the meeting that the Skill Development Department will provide training for the skill development of prisoners detained in jails. According to the interest and ability of the prisoners, training will be given in professions like electrician, welder, carpenter, tailor, carpenter etc. A target has been set to train 500 prisoners in the first phase. Laundry machines will be arranged in Dehradun and Haridwar jails for washing prisoners’ clothes.
The power loom industry operating in District Jail, Haridwar will be modernized. For the sale of products manufactured in prisons, if the departments find the quality and price of the product right, then permission will be given to purchase it. Instructions were given to negotiate with the Forest Corporation for the purchase of timber for the furniture industry. In the meeting, the Chief Minister also directed to make Secretary Justice a member of the Jail Development Board.
The Chief Minister said that the Health Department should bring a proposal in the Cabinet for the availability of 11 vacant posts of doctors for the health care of prisoners in jails. Chief Secretary Dr. SS attended the meeting. Sandhu, Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi, Anand Bardhan, Secretary Vijay Kumar Yadav, IG Jail Bimla Gunjyal, AIG Yanshawant Singh and others were absent.
