Dr V P Joy appointed chairperson of Kerala Public Enterprises Selection Board

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The cabinet convened here Wednesday decided to appoint former chief secretary Dr V P Joy as the chairperson of Kerala Public Enterprises Selection Board. Joy retired from his chief secretary post on June 30.

New PSC members
The cabinet decided to recommend the Governor to appoint Dr Jose G D’cruz and advocate H Josh as members of the Kerala Public Service Commission. The appointment is for two existing vacancies. Dr Jose G D’cruz is the additional director (Vigilance) in the Directorate of Health. Adv H Josh is a native of Thirumala in Thiruvananthapuram.

Additional records will not be collected from extremely poor families
The documents required to be produced for availing various government benefits have been eased for the families included in the extremely poor list. The cabinet decided to instruct the departments not to collect additional documents like income certificate for availing subsidy/financial assistance etc. provided by various departments/affiliated institutions of the state government. This is part of simplifying the process for such families to get support and services of the scheme.

Pay revision
Salary and other benefits of employees of Indian Institute of Handloom Technology (IIHT), Kannur will be revised with effect from 01.07.2019. The salary and allowances of government recognized posts in Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy will be revised subject to conditions as per order dated 10.02.2021.

11th pay revision benefit will be granted to the permanent employees of Kerala Fishermen Welfare Board subject to conditions.

The 10th and 11th pay revision benefits will be granted to the employees of Kerala Urban Rural Development Finance Corporation Limited subject to conditions.

The employees of Thenmala Eco Tourism Promotion Society will be allowed pay revision benefit as granted to government employees on 10.02.2021.

Bonus, festival allowance and other benefits for the year 2021-22 have been validated to the employees of the public sector organizations Kerala Feeds Limited, Kerala Cattle Development Board Limited, Meat Product of India Limited and Kerala Poultry Development Corporation Limited under the Department of Animal Husbandry.

Appointment
It has been decided to re-appoint Palliyara Sreedharan, the present director of the Kerala State Balasahithya Institute, as the director after relaxing his age limit.
Murugan Kattakkada has been reappointed as director of Malayalam Mission.