Overview
- The Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, approved the scheme with an explicit commitment to comply with Delhi High Court directions.
- Dependents who are above 50 and unable to work may nominate a next‑generation family member—son, daughter, daughter‑in‑law, or son‑in‑law—for appointment.
- The policy includes relaxations in age and educational qualifications to broaden eligibility for affected families.
- A structured mechanism for verification, grievance redressal, and departmental allocation is intended to ensure fair and efficient appointments.
- Officials say the framework is designed to expedite cases left unresolved since a 2007 Cabinet decision after roughly 18 years of administrative delay.