Cabinet has taken a slew of decisions during its meeting on Wednesday, including the approval for the formation of Kedarnath development authority (KDA) and extending the transfer period of the government servants.
As per the cabinet decision, the department would continue to transfer their employees till July 20. Disclosing this after the cabinet meeting was over, the state cabinet minister Madan Kaushik who is also the state government’s spokesperson said that
GB Pant engineering college at Ghudauri would be known as GB Pant institute of engineering and technology. Besides, the cabinet has given its nod for constituting some posts in the secretariat administration. Two posts would be created each for security and in the accounts department. Cabinet has also finalised the procurement rule-2017. This aside, the cabinet has nodded the proposal of the disaster repair works being done through single bidding. The cabinet felt that the disaster repair works are being delayed because of the cumbersome bidding procedure. As per the norm now being done away with, at least three bidders must participate for a single tender
Queried over Uttar Pradesh government having turned down the request of Uttarakhand government on the division of assets between the two states, Kaushik said that no such decision has been taken yet. A decision would be taken at the chief secretary level meetings, he said while scotching such news as rumours.