The Himachal Cabinet on Monday decided to recommend to the Governor to convene the Winter Session of HP Vidhan Sabha from December 9 to 14 December at Dharamshala in Kangra district. It will have six sittings.
The Cabinet, which met here on Monday under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, also decided to organize State level function on completion of two years tenure of the present State Government at The Ridge Shimla on December 27. Ground breaking ceremony for starting various projects on which MoUs have been signed, would be held on same day at Peterhoff, Shimla.
The Cabinet gave its approval to make passing of middle or matriculation from the schools situated in Himachal Pradesh for
recruitment in Class-IV posts whereas for Class-III posts passing of matriculation and 10+2 from the schools/institutions situated in State will also be mandatory.
To ensure transparency, accuracy and efficiency in the payment and accounting process for works transactions and to eliminate delay in pairing of payment and receipt instruments, the Cabinet decided to bring the transactions works of Forest Department under treasury mode throughout the State.
The Cabinet gave its nod to notify Mukhya Mantri Dastkar Sahayta Yojna for providing 75 percent grant to Himachal artisans living below poverty line on purchase of new equipments worth Rs 30,000.
It gave its nod to fill up 200 posts of Ayurvedic pharmacists in ayurveda department on contact basis out of which 103 posts will be filled up through direct recruitment and 97 posts on batchwise basis.
The Cabinet gave its approval to Himachal Pradesh Miscellaneous Adventurous Activities Draft Rule, 2019 for ensuring safety of the tourists involved in various adventurous activities. It also gave its consent to Water Sports and Allied Activities Draft Rules, 2019 for encouraging water sports activities in the State.
The Cabinet gave its approval to revise the norms for fixing the outlay of catchment area treatment plan in respect of hydro electric projects in the State from
existing 2.5 percent to 1.5 percent of the total project cost of all the hydro electric projects having capacity above 10 MW .