In a major decision aimed at dissuading its employees from forgoing promotions in order to remain posted at their place of choice in easy to access ( Sugam) areas, the Uttarakhand government would bring a ‘ regulation for declining promotions’.
A decision in this regard was taken in the meeting of the state cabinet held on Wednesday. Informing about the decision the cabinet minister and State Government spokesperson Madan Kaushik said that the regulation would ensure that employees are transferred to the place where they are sent on promotion.
He said the promotional avenues of employees get hindered due to the tendency of some to forgo promotion.
In another decision the cabinet approved the proposal to add 51 more posts in the circles of revenue inspectors. To provide relief to liquor shop owners the cabinet decided not to charge the revenue difference of 148 shops for lockdown period.
The cabinet also decided to bring in an ordinance for Umbrella act for all universities of the state. Kaushik said that the state cabinet decided to provide two acre of land for All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) training and learning academy at Majri grant in Dehradun.
Similarly a plot measuring 0.07 hectare would be provided for setting up ECHS polyclinic for ex-servicemen at Rani Pokhari in Dehradun. He said that the name of Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU) would now be Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technology University. The cabinet also approved a proposal to relax norms for setting up petrol pumps in Dehradun city.
A cabinet committee headed by Mandan Kaushik was constituted for deciding fees in government and private schools under the SC, ST and OBC scholarship scheme. Yashpal Arya and Dhan Singh Rawat would be the other members of the committee.
A non cadre post of consultant potable water would be created in Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam limited.
Kaushik said that the Airport Authority of India (AAI) would study the feasibility of technical survey for constructing a green field airport in Udham Singh Nagar under Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
The cabinet also approved the proposal to provide a land measuring eight hectare (estimated cost Rs 2.88 Crore) of Silk board in Sumadi for National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar.
In the Anaganwadi centres the children would be provided with milk powder for four days instead of two days.
A proposal for amendment in free education regulation under the Right to Education (RTE) was also approved by cabinet on day.