The Yogi Government came out with its new transfer policy allowing shifting of only 20 per cent employees for the session 2017-18 and also decided to implement the Goods and Services Tax in Uttar Pradesh by July 1. The decisions were taken at the fifth cabinet meeting of the state government in lucknow on Tuesday.
The Government also approved a policy to introduce e-tendering and e-procurement systems in all Government departments in the next three months and decided to set up Prime Minister Mining Rural Welfare Foundation in all districts for developing basic infrastructure in villages affected by mining.
Briefing media persons about the decision, Government spokesperson and Health minister Sidharthnath Singh along with Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that the new transfer policy would come into effect immediately. Grade I officers, having completed three years in a district and others having completed seven years in a division weer eligible for transfer.
“Only 20 per cent of employees will be transferred,” Khanna said. “Grade I officers would be transferred by the Government and the rest of the transfers would be done by departmental heads. Divayang (handicapped) employees have been kept out of the ambit of transfer policy,” Khanna said.
“Employees left with less than two years of service would get postings of their choice. The last date of transfer policy is June 30 next,” the Minister said.
In another major decision, the Government has decided to go for e-tendering and e-procurement in all Government departments within the next three months.
Health minister Sidharthnath Singh said that the system would end politician-official- contractor nexus and would lead to a transparent, corruption-free and competitive bidding.
“The system would promote ease of doing business for foreign companies too and will end crony capitalism,” Singh said, adding that State IT department would assist all departments to introduce the system within thee months.
In another decision, the BJP Government has decided to implement the Centre’s notification of April 25, 2015 to set up PM Mining Village Welfare Foundations at all districts. This foundation will help in speeding up welfare work in the mining areas. “The cabinet has approved the guidelines of the Foundation as per directives of the Central Government,” Singh said.
These Foundations would be given 10 per cent royalty collected by the Government on mining and from that money it will carry out welfare work. “ While 60 per cent of the Foundation fund would be used for drinking water, environment, pollution control, health, education, women and child welfare and cleanliness, the rest 40 per cent would be used for irrigation purpose in the area,” Singh said.
He said that the objective of the foundation is to work for the interest of the people affected by mining and through its transportation.
GST: The cabinet has also approved the Goods and Services Taxes (GST) to be tabled in the State legislature in the coming special session starting from May 15.
Parliamentary Affairs minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said that the GST Bill has already been approved by the lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and the state legislature will only ratify it. The GST is expected to be implemented in the country from July 1. “The GST will bring a single tax system in the country and would benefit common people. Besides, UP would be receiving more revenue after implementation of the GST. If there is any loss of revenue, the Centre would compensate it for the next five years,” Khanna said.
“Traders with annual turnover of over Rs 20 lakh will have to register themselves in the GST. The petroleum products have been kept out of the purview of the GST,” he said.