Ahead of the upcoming two-day special Vidhan Sabha Session beginning on Thursday, Chief Minister Harish Rawat convened a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the second one in a span of two days. The meeting took a slew of decisions, approving policies and going for new rules.
In course of the meeting, the Cabinet approved health workers’ and health inspector’s service rule. Besides, in a significant move, the district magistrates have been empowered to give lease of lands to the stone crushers while the Cabinet approved the stone crusher policy.
This aside, the DMs have been empowered to give lands for construction of cow-sheds meant for the abandoned bovines. The scholarship amount for OBC students before matriculation has been raised to `44,500 in place of `12,000 per annum. The transport department’s enforcement employee class (amendment) service rule was approved too. It was decided that from now onwards, 33 percent posts of class IV would be filled through direct recruitment.
Cabinet also approved the policy that in case a person is drawing more than one pensions like those meant for the specially-abled, widows, destitute and elderly, they would draw 10 percent of the others.
Cabinet has also decided to give two acres of land which belongs to the social welfare department to the mental hospital located at Sela-Qui. Besides, it approved the women security policy.
Cabinet also decided that the inmates of Nari Niketan who have spent at least two years there, will be given `10,000 FD for their rehabilitation.