New Delhi, July 15 -- The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday launched its "Employee Welfare Scheme", named after former Finance Minister and BJP stalwart late Arun Jaitley.
Jaitley's wife, Sangeeta Jaitley, has donated the family pension for the betterment of the Group C employees of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. The scheme will be called 'Arun Jaitley Financial Assistance for Group C employees' scheme'.
Children of the Group C employees will be rewarded with this welfare scheme, providing them three scholarships for higher technical/professional education in the fields of Engineering, Medicine and MCA/MBA/LLB. Along with this, families of Group C employees will be supported with a financial cover in case of death and medical emergency.
The family pe...