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'Honourable exit': CM rolls out special VRS for unfit Mizoram employees

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March 04, 2025

THE Mizoram government will gracefully send its unfit employees to retirement.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @Guwahati

Chief Minister Lalduhoma told the Assembly on Monday that employees no longer fit to perform official duties "due to terminal illness" would be given voluntary pension under the newly-introduced Special Voluntary Retirement Scheme, 2024.

The state is constituting some committees to find out employees who are unable to perform their duties due to reasons, including health issues.

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