To meet the demand of human resources, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to create 10,000 academic and non-academic posts in the state-run superspecialty medical colleges for which a sum of over Rs 921 crore has been proposed. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting held here on Tuesday.

Briefing mediapersons about the decisions, UP’s Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that acting on the recommendations of the expert committee, the government decided to create 10,000 academic and non-academic posts.

The expert committee headed by the director-general of Medical Education and Training suggested creation of minimum necessary human resource posts for fulfillment of MCI standards and smooth operations in the affiliated hospitals. Specialty institutes like Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (Lucknow), Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (Lucknow), King George’s Medical University (Lucknow), Kalyan Singh Super Speciality Cancer Institute and Hospital (Lucknow), Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences (Saifai, Etawah) and Bachelor of Pediatrics and Post-Graduate Educational Institute are facing staff crunch due to patient load.

“Besides, there has been an unprecedented establishment of medical colleges in the state and to meet the standard set by the Medical Council of India (MCI) and National Medical Commission (NMC), both academic and non-academic staff are required,” the minister said.

“The cabinet has decided that the posts will be created in accordance with the norms with the approval of the chief minister. In case of requirement of posts exceeding the norms, the posts will be created in consultation with the Finance department,” Khanna said, adding that with this decision, there would be enough staff in these institutions and people would get better medical facilities.

In another decision, the cabinet approved the proposal related to recognition, regulation and control of automated testing stations (ATS) for checking vehicles to ensure the technical fitness of vehicles.

“With the establishment of ATS, the testing of motor vehicles will be done faster. Also, there will be transparency in testing and chances of irregularities will be minimised. Ensuring technical health of vehicles by machines will also reduce road accidents,” Khanna said.

He added that an investment of about Rs 500 crore would come from setting up automated testing stations on PPP mode in all the districts of the state, creating around 1,500 jobs.

The cabinet also approved the proposal to amend the prescribed guidelines regarding the selection of State Teacher Award and Chief Minister Teacher Award for promotion of merit in secondary schools.

Under the State Teacher Award, subject/class-wise separate standards have been determined on the basis of representation of the number of principals/principal teachers and teachers. Out of the 18 awards prescribed in the revised policy, two awards each have been fixed for the principals and headmasters and the remaining 14 for subject/class-wise teachers.

In the revised guidelines of the State Teacher Award, arrangements have also been made in addition to the selection committees formed earlier at the district/division/state level. A selection committee will be formed at the directorate level so that limited recommendations are received by the state selection committee.