Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has decided to increase the monthly salary of matrons working in the student hostels run by the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Caste Development Minorities and Backward Classes Welfare Department from Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000.
Apart from this, if any working matron dies due to misfortune, her heirs will be paid a lump sum of Rs 2 lakh.
Similarly, the Chief Minister announced that they will be given a lump sum of Rs 1 lakh when they stop working at the age of 60. For this, the state government will spend more than Rs 15 crore annually.
