In a bid to provide health for all, the State Government has decided to implement Chief Minister Health Insurance Scheme (CMHIS) in the State. This scheme will benefit seven lakh new families who were not benefitting from National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). For this, State will have to bear Rs 10 crore additional financial burden annually. Cabinet has also decided to include 143 castes of Anwal community, which resides in Pithoragarh district, under OBC category. These decisions were taken by Harish Rawat Cabinet on Friday.
Taking cognisance on the cart and road side vendors, State Government has decided to make vendor policy on the pattern of Union Government. To provide succour to the nurse and patwaris, who were not suppose to get salary of strike period, the State Cabinet has decided to pay their salary of said period. To fix rate for new pension schemes committee, which comprise of secretary law, Personnel and concerned department secretary, and they will give their recommendation to cabinet sub-committee comprised of three cabinet minister Yashpal Arya, Surendra Singh Negi and Pritam Singh.
Cabinet has also decided to increase the allowance of contractual allopathic doctor. Now doctor, who have been or will be recruited by Medical health and family welfare department, will get Rs 48,000 in place of Rs 30,000 earlier. Uttarakhand Secretariat Account cadre service (amendment) rule-2014 was cleared by the Cabinet. Cabinet has also increased the laundry allowance of class IV employee, who have been working other than State Secretariat, and now they would get Rs 90 per month in place of Rs 20-30 per month earlier. Cabinet has increase the State contingency fund and now it would be Rs 750 crore while it was mere Rs 200 crore earlier.
Cabinet has also decided to waive the stamp duty on land, which will be allocated for Union Government or State Government enterprise by the State Government because the land is being given to them free of cost. To ensure timely repair of road, which is being maintained by the PWD, cabinet has decided to hire labourer through outsourcing so that local people would get employment in it.
Cabinet has also appointed a committee which will recommend how the financial resources of the State’s mandis can be increased because recently state government had decided to waive of Mandi tax, comprise of Secretary Agriculture, Secretary Food and Secretary Mandi council.
To provide healthy environment to the teachers, Cabinet has decided to curtail the direct recruitment of license of Teaching (lT) teachers. Now only 60 per cent lT will be recruited directly and remaining lT posts will be filled through promotion. Even in Junior High school teacher’s 10 percent posts will be filled through promotion while earlier it was mere five per cent.