Review and simplify the compassionate appointments policy at Singareni

The manifesto highlights promised a review and simplification of the compassionate appointments policy at Singareni Collieries Company Limited for dependents of medically invalidated employees. The government has made real progress: compassionate appointment letters, including a batch of 335 in June 2026, have been distributed to dependents, and the Deputy Chief Minister directed that the long-dormant Singareni Medical Board resume functioning transparently to process eligible cases. However, the policy issue is described as having remained unresolved for a long period, indicating a substantial backlog and that the promised simplification of the policy itself, as distinct from individual appointment batches, is still a work in progress. Real, ongoing delivery on individual cases without full policy resolution supports a partial verdict. Budget: Singareni bears the cost of compassionate appointments and related benefits through its own establishment budget.