The Delhi Government in its Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday, accorded approval for key decisions such as ex-gratia for the family of martyrs, solar power for domestic consumers, health and social welfare.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted after the Cabinet meeting , “The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday amended the scheme that gives martyrs Rs 1 crore as compensastion. Now the family of Narendra Singh who was martyred last week will get the compensation and a job will be given to one of the family members”.
Among the significant decisions that were approved by the Cabinet chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal; the Cabinet has decided to amend the scheme for grant of ex-gratia payment to families of those who lose their lives during the course of duty while serving the country in uniform. It includes war widows, war disabled, prisoners of war, missing person in war, in operation, Delhi Police personnel and Home Guards etc.
The cabinet has approved that families of those personnel would also be covered in this policy whose permanent address as recorded at the time of joining the service is in Delhi or are posted in Delhi at the time of action, incident or the family has been residing in Delhi for the last at-least five years.
It stated that the issue of proof of residence in Delhi will be looked into by a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by the Deputy Chief Minister.
According to an official statement issued by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government, “The amendment was necessitated following the latest incident of brutal murder of Head Constable Narender Kumar of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Jammu and Kashmir. It was noted that the family of Narender has been residing in Delhi since many years though he hailed from Haryana”, it said.
The Delhi cabinet also approved Department of Power’s proposal for “Mukhyamantri Solar Power Scheme” for roof tops of domestic consumers of group housing societies. Under the Renewable Energy Service Company (RESCO) model, the domestic consumer will not have to spend any money for the installation of solar panels and it will be done by the selected service providers.The cost of solar power for the group housing society will be Rs 1 per unit since Delhi government will provide a subsidy of Rs two per unit. (The estimated cost of solar power initially is likely to be Rs 3 per unit).
Also, the Cabinet approved the Department of Social Welfare proposal for the implementation of the scheme for celebration of birth/death anniversary of eminent personalities. The scheme has been formulated to provide assistance in the form of arrangement of tentage, sound system, lighting, banners etc. for celebrating Birth / Death anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, Sant Ravidas and Maharishi Balmiki.
The cabinet also approved the Department of Health proposal for the enhancement of Monthly remuneration of contractually engaged medical officers & specialists under Delhi State Health Mission (DSHM).