Amid talk of Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna being replaced, the State Cabinet meeting was held at the State Secretariat in Dehradun on Tuesday and about a dozen important decisions that will affect different Government departments were taken.
The State Cabinet has approved hike of salary of legislators from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000. After considering the condition of roads in the higher parts of the State, the Cabinet has approved mining rights for BRO and ITBP at subsidised rates. In a move to attract more number of industries to the State, the Government has sanctioned use of mixed land for this purpose. Considering the strength of ex-servicemen and serving defence personnel in the State, the Cabinet has approved subsidised stamp duty rate for them.
The Government has also approved the organisational structure for the department of social welfare. In a move to encourage farming in the State, the Cabinet Ministers have decided to give piece of land to those farmers, who belong to below poverty line. This will also benefit the farmers who have suffered loss due to the disaster last year.
The Cabinet has also approved the year long pending demand of staff nurses in the State and decided to give 25 per cent nursing allowance to them as they were on the path of agitation for the last couple of years. Giving much needed relaxation to unemployed youths of the state, the Cabinet has decided to keep very nominal application fee for those candidates, who will apply for posts in Category-C in the near future. After having rounds of meetings with the department officials, the Cabinet has finally approved service rule for dental service structure in State as it was pending since the time of formation of Uttarakhand.