Chairing her first Cabinet meeting, Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday accorded sanction to the creation of four women police stations, one each in district Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri and Udhampur to ensure that women affected by violence have an enabling police system empathetic towards their grievances.
The first woman Chief Minister also sanctioned creation of 208 posts for these four women police stations i.e 52 posts for each.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh and all other Cabinet Ministers of the BJP and the PDP. Sajjad lone of Peoples Conference, unhappy over the allocation of the portfolio however, skipped the meeting, raising speculations over his status as there was no official confirmation whether Mehbooba has accepted his resignation or not.
At present only two women police stations are functional, one each at Srinagar and Jammu exclusively run by women police officers/staff. Besides four Women Cells are functioning, one each at district Anantnag, Baramulla, Rajouri and Udhampur on internal arrangement basis.
Meanwhile, the State Cabinet also decided to request the Governor to summon and address the joint session of the State legislature on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 at 11 am at Srinagar in terms of section 53 of the constitution of J&K.
To mitigate financial difficulties faced by Old Pensioners/Family Pensioners, Mehbooba Mufti sanctioned additional pension for their welfare.
Additional pension will be extended to the old Pensioners/Family Pensioners on attaining the age of 80, 85, 90, 95 and 100 years and shall be payable from the 1st of the month in which the pensioner attains the prescribed age.
Earlier in the day Mehbooba Mufti also chaired a separate meeting of administrative secretaries to assess the progress achieved on the commitments made by late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on several development projects when he was the Chief Minister of the State.
Over half a dozen IAS officers were also transferred by the State Cabinet. Finance Secretary Navin Choudhary has been appointed Principal Secretary in the office of Chief Minister.