In a bid to ensure adequate supply of milk and dairy products, the Harish Rawat Cabinet has approved the Protection of Cow and Its Progeny Act with minor amendments. The State would also distribute one crore fodder species saplings among the people through the panchayats. Even forestry and agriculture would be introduced as subjects in the State-run schools, media incharge Surendra Kumar told the media after the Cabinet meeting at Bijapur on Sunday. The Cabinet has also approved Mera Ganv Meri Sadak (My Village, My Road) scheme, under which up to one km long road will be constructed by the gram panchayat through MNREGA and up to two km long road will be made by the Rural Engineering Services department.
The Cabinet has also approved Mera Ganv Mera Dhan (My Village, My Wealth) scheme, under which any one can build a house in hilly district and the Government will take the property on lease or rent, which would be more than the bank fixed deposit (FD), so that local people will create wealth in their village. The Cabinet has imposed an order on the Government departments to mortgage such property at least 25 percent for office or other purpose. With this State Government aims to put a check on migration. Even the Cabinet has decided to appeal to the Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) to give power supply to the nursery as per the agriculture rate i.e. Rs 1.10 per unit.
The Cabinet has decided to give guarantee to NABARD, which is supposed to give loan of Rs 600 crore to the cooperative and Prathmik Krishi Rin Sahakari Samiti (PKSS). later the cooperative bank would disburse the money to the farmers against the crop loan. Even the Cabinet has approved State sports policy-2014, under which sports infrastructure will be created in the State before beginning of 38th national sports-2018. To earn national and international fame in every sports discipline the Cabinet has fixed the target for next five and ten years.
The Cabinet has decided to open sports college in each district of the State. To promote sports district and State level first, second & third prize winners will be given cash prizes by the State Government. As international level sports complexes are being constructed in Dehradun and Haldwani so sports department has been instructed to organize sports competition on regular basis so that sportsmen would reap its benefit.
The Cabinet has also increased the salary of contractual doctors of Ayurveda and Homeopathy; approved winter Char Dham Yatra; approved ST advisory council rule-2014; approved Uttarakhand rural engineering service department subordinate engineer service rule; declared Gaja village of Tehri district as Nagar Panchayat; approved third State finance commission recommendations given for local bodies and Panchayati Raj system; amended rules of Uttarakhand Chief Minister discretionary fund so that Government employees can also get its benefit; increased the cash assistance for the disabled people, widows without