Scheme for Counselling, Retraining and Redeployment for Separated Employees of Central Public Sector Enterprises
Guidelines on CRR Scheme for Separated Employees of CPSE
Retraining and Redeployment Scheme (CRR)
The three main components of eligibility of the scheme as follows…
- Counselling
- Retraining
- Redeployment
National Renewal Fund (NRF)
Government had setup a National Renewal Fund (NRF) in February, 1992 as a safety net for workers affected by re-structuring arising out of the new industrial policy.
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Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)
The Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) for employees of central PSEs was revised in May, 2000. With the revision of VRS Scheme, the NRF being administered by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion ceased to exist and the activities of counseling, retraining and redeployment provided to separated employees from CPSEs and the organized sector under NRF converged under the Scheme of Counselling, Retraining and Redeployment (CRR) for the rationalized employees of Central Public Sector Enterprises under implementation by Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) since 2001-02.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible to be included in the Scheme, the VRS optee should be below 58 years of age, if he/she wants training himself/herself. If VRS Optee does not want to come forward for training, the benefit of the Scheme could be extended to the dependent of VRS Optee and one person per family of a VRS optee could also be considered in lieu of VRS Optee having age of upto 60 years. However, VRS optees would be given priority over the family members.
Following eligibility criteria will apply for including the dependents of VRS optees under CRR Scheme:
- Minimum age – 18 years.
- Maximum age – 45 years (in case wife of VRS Optee is a dependent, there would be no age bar)
- Only one dependent, that too who is unemployed, will be considered from each family.
[Note: In case of deceased VRS Optee (upto 60 years of age), his/her dependent, if not earlier undergone training under CRR Scheme, will be considered for the benefit
of the Scheme.]