In order to placate the Opposition and to improve the image of the State Government, the Cabinet Ministers held a meet to discuss issues on the eve of the Assembly session slated to start on Wednesday.
Although the Cabinet meeting started at the scheduled time in the evening, it went on till late in the evening and no official briefing was given to the media to confirm the cabinet decisions in view of the Assembly session.
Sources revealed that the Cabinet has decided to auction mining lots for quarrying of riverbed materials.
Since the BJP cornered the state government over mining issue earlier also, the State Government is trying to maintain transparency in this task.
Considering the condition of professors in Pantnagar University and Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, the cabinet gave its nod to increasing their retirement age from 60 years to 65 years. Well established sources further revealed that the proposal to constitute
Uttarakhand Medical University was also approved by the cabinet with an aim to curtail the shortage of medical officers and para-medical staff in the Garhwal and Kumaon divisions of Uttarakhand.