In what could be described as a major initiative of the BJP-led State Government, State Cabinet under the leadership of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Wednesday decided to set up Special Investigation Unit for crime against women in every district of Uttarakhand.
The Cabinet meeting which was held at State Secretariat took the decision of setting up the Special Investigation Units to promptly take any action related to crimes against women and children.
All these units will be functioned under the Police department, source said.
A BJP leader said the nod of the Cabinet on SIT highlighted the BJP Government’s commitment to reduce crimes against women in the State.
It is also learnt that the Cabinet also approved regulations for the proposed Mineral Foundation. The foundation would have units in every district which would be headed by the Minister in-charge for that district. The local MlAs and district magistrates would be members of these units.
A part of the earnings from the minerals would be diverted to the mineral foundations and it will also deal with environmental issues. Some relaxations were also provided for mining of Alabaster (Khadia) in the State.
The Cabinet also approved the proposal of financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the community radio. This would promote the community radio concept in the State. Sources further informed that the Cabinet cleared some regulations for the State Public Service Commission.
Similarly promotional avenues for engineers in the Uttarakhand Rural Engineering Service were made easy.
The Cabinet also cleared the proposal to waive off the stamp duty charges for the beneficiaries of Indira Awas Yojana. Similarly, changes were approved in the departmental setup of the Urban Development Authority and 573 new posts were created in this department.
In all the Cabinet had discussed eleven issues brought before it on the day. The official confirmation of the matters discussed by the cabinet was not provided as the winter session of State Assembly has been declared.