Haryana to re-employ retrenched Confed employees

Chandigarh, Aug 24 (UNI) The Haryana government has decided to re-employ the employees of the Federation of Consumers Cooperative Wholesales Stores Limited (Confed), who were retrenched by the previous Chautala government.

The Confed has submitted the list of 619 employees which were below the age of 55 years to the state government in this regard.

The previous government had retrenched 674 employees of the Federation, Confed Chairman Bajrang Dass Garg said today.

Mr Garg said the state government had also authorised the Confed as an agency to distribute coal to the small traders in the state.

The Confed would purchase the coal directly from the Coal India Limited and would supply it to those small traders whose annual coal requirement was not more than 500 metric tonnes.

The decision had to ensure timely and sufficient supply of coal to the small industrialists of the state. The Confed would get five per cent margin as its commission.

He said the Centre had already given its permission in this regard.

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