The State government has decided to permanently scrap the Village Revenue Assistant (VRA) system, described as a residue of the feudal system by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
The Chief Minister announced that the staff currently working as VRAs would be accommodated in the Revenue department by creating supernumerary posts. Following the recommendations made by the committee of Ministers, constituted to study the VRA system, the government would adjust the VRAs in Municipal Administration, Mission Bhagiratha, Irrigation and other departments, based on their qualifications and they would be made permanent employees in the respective departments.
He directed Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari to issue necessary orders in this direction on Monday. KCR announced this decision on Sunday during a review meeting on redeployment of VRAs in different departments. He said it was the responsibility of the government to provide job security to employees whose posts were becoming redundant in the course of time and the government had accordingly decided to scrap the VRA system on a permanent basis.
