To ensure quality recruitment in higher judiciary service State Cabinet has decided to fix the cut off mark. Now onwards, aspirant will have to obtain 40 per cent marks in the exam while earlier there was no such cut off. Besides, Cabinet has also made amendment in no-work-no pay policy and now they decided to convert the period into Earned leave (El). This was disclosed by the chief secretary Subhash Kumar while addressing to the media after Cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
As per the Cabinet decision now onward State Government would spend 21 per cent of the department budget under SC/ST development projects including 18 percent for SC and three percent for ST. Cabinet has also increased Junior Engineer (JE) grade pay by Rs400 per month and conveyance allowance by Rs750 per month. Even cabinet has approved the amendment in no-work-no pay policy now onward employee strike period will be converted into Earned leave. Earlier Cabinet had made policy that if employees go on strike then Government would follow no work no pay policy during agitation. With this decision State Government employees were raising voice against the decision every now and then.
Taking cognizance on the report that due to no cut off aspirants are getting selected even after securing less than 20 percent marks in higher judiciary service, cabinet has fixed cut off of 40 percent with immediate effect. To avoid unnecessary commotion between IAS and new promoted IAS grade pay state cabinet has decided to allow equal grade pay to the promoted IAS officer. Recently more than a dozen PCS officers were promoted as IAS and as per the difference of grade pay band promoted IAS might have got lesser grade pay than the PCS so cabinet decided to maintain status quo.
To provide relief to the farmers, who have taken agriculture loan and were suppose to repay their loan by the year 2013, state cabinet has extended their repayment by three years. It means now farmers can repay their agriculture loan to the bank by the year 2016.
Cabinet has also regularized 38 lecturers, who were working as visiting lecturer in government degree colleges. Earlier 68 out of 106 lecturers were regularized by the state and now 38 were left. Cabinet has also attached Arya Kanya Pathshala (AKP), Almora with Kumaon university and their staffs were also attached with the university.
Cabinet has also decided to give four kg rice to the APl card holder.
Before this APl Card holders were getting mere one kg rice per month but now onward they will get five kg rice per month at the rate of Rs8.45 per kg.
Earlier union government was providing rice at the rate of Rs11 per kg but now they have been providing at the rate of Rs22 per kg. with this decision card holder will get five kg rice per month and state exchequer will have to bear Rs130 crore per annum.