Ensuring availability of funds for extending help to quake hit Nepal the state cabinet has empowered Uttar Pradesh government to utilize state’s contingency funds for this purpose. The decision was taken a meeting held here on Tuesday. The contingency fund is used for any natural disaster or calamity that strikes Uttar Pradesh or part of India. With State Cabinet giving its assent it would be for the first time the contingency fund would be used to extend help in neighbouring country.
The government spokesperson said that the rule has been amended to provide financial assistances to the people of Nepal particularly those living across UP border and who lost their dwellings in last month’s quake. “The cabinet has also approved a suggestion to include previous government expenditure as help to Nepal as part of expenditure from contingency funds,” the spokesman said. In another decision government has decided to make Uun of Shamli district and Ghiror of Mainpuri district as new tehsils. This has been done for better administration and development, the spokesman said. There was demanbd for people for creation of new tehsils.
After inspection the government decided to create Uun and Ghiror as new tehsils, the spokesman said in a written statement. The state cabinet also approved a decision to fill all the posts of the accountant in the government departments through promotion from the junior rank. Cabinet has approved suggestion to bring amendments in the UP Junior Accountant Service Rules. “The Government has decided to fill all the vacant posts of assistant accountants through promotions and posts of senior accountants would be filled through allotted quota. Director, Internal Audit and Audit accounts has been authorized to carry out these promotions,” the spokesman said. It also decided to raise the retirement age of employees of the Fishery Development Authority from present 58 years to 60 years. The decision would incur an additional expenditure of Rs 9 crore on the government exchequer.