Women who become mothers through surrogacy will also get six months maternity leave; VAT on mines has been increased to 13.5 per cent from mere five per cent earlier and Cabinet also decided to bring uniformity in fine imposed by Revenue and Forest departments while penalising the illegal mining operators.
Private builders will have to build at least 15 per cent house for weaker section if they failed then they will have to deposit 15 per cent of their fund with State Government or authority concerned. The Cabinet has empowered secretary to look into the matter of creation of new section in secretariat.
Cabinet has also approved eight posts in legal and Parliamentary Work department; Empowered Development Authority and special area authority to organise one time settlement schemes; decided to form state employee Welfare Corporation in food and civil supply department; decided to upgrade Doiwala and Bhikiyasain to municipalities and approved skill promotion development in Gandharv caste.
To promote capital investment in higher education in hills state cabinet has reduced the security money by Rs five crore from Rs 10 crore and for university now security money would be mere Rs four crore in place of Rs 7.5 crore earlier.
Cabinet has also made it clear that stamp duty would be paid as per the current circle rate which would be applicable on the date of registration of the property; cabinet has also approved the cost for the shifting of electricity wire and now onward 40 percent by UPCl; 30 percent by state and 30 percent from MlA local area development fund. Even cabinet has decided to open secretariat six days a week but second Saturday would be holiday and biometric system would be introduced to ensure presence of the officials in secretariat.
Cabinet has also decided to reduced the layer in taking decision so that gestation of file execution would be more easy than current system and no meeting would happen on Saturday and public entrance would be prohibited.
Cabinet has also decided to impose one to two percent Cess on excise, tobacco and mining and these collected funds would be utilized in the treatment of serious disease. State will open cancer test and treatment centre one each in Garhwal and Kumaon division.
Pictures of those who lost their lives in the Statehood movement will be installed in Vidhan Sabha in upcoming session and their villages will be developed as Adarsh Grams. For this rural development department has been made nodal agency and educational institute would be named after those who lost their lives in the movement.
Cabinet has earmarked Rs 10 crore for State Andolankari welfare fund; 10 per cent horizontal reservation in government job for Rajya Aandolankari and state government would bring a bill in the Vidhan Sabha and even reservation system will be imposed in outsourcing. Cabinet has abolished all the district magistrate led committee, which was constituted for the identification of Rajya Aandolankari, and now state would constitute new cabinet to verify remaining andolankari of the State. Even cabinet decided to pay pension to Rajya Aandolankari if he or she is aged 60 years or above.