In a significant move, the State Assembly passed the Uttarakhand Annual Transfer Act-2017 which would pave the way for bringing into order the contentious issue of the transfers of Government employees.
The Act would give a constitutional status to the transfer policy. Under the Act three categories, Sugam (easy to access), Durgam (hard to access) and on request transfers have been made. As per the provisions of the act the employees who have completed four years in easily accessible locations would be transferred to hard to access areas.
Similarly the employees who have less than four years continuous service in easily accessible areas but with a total tenure in such locations of more than 10 years, would also be transferred to hard to access areas.
The employees who have more than four years of service in hard to access areas would be eligible for transfer in easily accessible areas. However relaxation has been made for physically impaired, those suffering from incurable diseases and the employees who have crossed 55 years of age. The transfer act was sent to the select committee of the assembly in the last session which incorporated some amendments in it. The state assembly also passed the Uttarakhand residential university (amended) act 2017 on the occasion.
The State Assembly also passed the supplementary budget of Rs 3015.7381 crore for the financial year 2017-18. In the budget a provision of Rs 388.6493 crore was made for the salaries of the state government employees. Under the budget a provision of Rs 10 crore has been made for construction of assembly building at Bharadisain in Gairsain. For prevention of cyber crimes in the state an allocation of Rs 10 crore has been made in the budget.
Similarly the budget has a provision of Rs 6.6229 crore for national disaster response system. To promote rural sports a provision of Rs 8.7142 crore has been made for rural sports competition under the youth welfare department. For setting up burn units at Government Doon Medical College hospital and government medical college hospital in Haldwani, provision of Rs 6.5790 crore each has also been made in the budget. A provision of Rs 107 crore for Swachchh Bharat Mission and Rs 70 crore for Smart City project has also been made in the supplementary budget.
A central institute of plastic engineering and technology would be set up in the state for which a budgetary provision of Rs 9.5527 crore for this year has been made in the supplementary budget.
An allocation of Rs 6.92 crore has been made for setting up the All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan centres in Dehradun. For the international ski event at Auli in Chamoli district a provision of Rs 12 crore has also been made in the budget.