SME Times News Bureau | 12 May, 2012
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet Friday put its stamp
of approval on the unemployment allowance which the Samajwadi Party had
promised. The move is likely to benefit over nine lakh unemployed but cost the
state Rs.1,113 crore in the current financial year alone.
The labour department has already drafted the rules for the allowance. Class X
has been set as the basic minimum qualification for a person in UP to be
eligible for the allowance.
Under the scheme, each unemployed youth will get Rs.1,000 a month and this will
be paid on a quarterly basis, a government official said.
The cabinet has also approved the terms,
conditions and eligibility criterion for the unemployed allowance which is for
those in the age of 30-40 and who are still unemployed.
The beneficiaries should also be registered in the employement exchange, should
be a resident of Uttar Pradesh and should be residing in the state.
The cabinet also decided that such a person who gets the sop should not have
family income exceeding Rs.36,000 per annum. His combined family income
(including that of father-mother and in-laws) should not exceed Rs.1.5 lakh
rupees per annum.
At district level, employment officials under the district magistrates would be
responsible for rolling out the funds.
The moment the unemployed beneficiary gets a job, the allowance will be
stopped.
To avoid misuse, the cabinet has directed district magistrates and other
officials to randomly check the affidavits of the unemployed, a government
spokesman said.
