Himachal Cabinet expresses full faith in the leadership of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its meeting held in Shimla on Thursday expressed its full faith in the leadership of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and reaffirmed that the entire Cabinet is united under his leadership. It condemned the use of official machinery by the Government of India to destabilize a democratically elected government. The Cabinet also condemned the nefarious designs used by the BJP to subvert the democratic process and resolved to inform the public of Himachal Pradesh about the propaganda of BJP and said in one voice that the State Government will complete a full term of five years.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had presided over the meeting. The Cabinet also requested the Government of India to release an amount of Rs 9043 crore for Post-Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA) without any further delay. This amount has been worked out as per norms of Government of India and therefore, full release is expected, it added.

Cabinet accorded approval to provide Rs 1500 per month as Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi to all eligible women of the State in the age group of 18-59 years thereby fulfilling the guarantee given by the Congress party to the womenfolk during Assembly elections in 2022. Henceforth, all the women above 18 years are covered with a pension of Rs 1500 per month till life. The Cabinet gave due consideration to the recommendations of Cabinet Sub Committee constituted under the chairmanship of Education Minister Rohit Thakur to look into the issues of SMC teachers and computer teachers. It was decided that 2401 SMC teachers would be recruited through Limited Direct Recruitment on contract basis and they will be regularized in government service after completing a stipulated period as per government policy. It also gave its approval to fill up 985 posts of Lecturer (Computer Science).

It decided to rationalize the engineering staff of HP Forest Department. It also decided that officers of engineering staff of Forest Department who are eligible for promotion as per Recruitment and Promotion Rules may be granted promotion subject to availability of vacancy and thereafter their services may be placed at the disposal of borrowing departments.

It decided to create Sub Tehsil at Bhadoli in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. It gave its nod to open a Community Health Centre at Darlaghat in Solan district and Primary Health Centre at Pihari in Jawalamukhi area of Kangra district. It decided to declare Suhi Mela Chamba and Saho Jatar Chamba as district level fairs.

The Cabinet decided to upgrade one post of Medical Physicist in the Department of Radiotherapy, IGMC Shimla to the post of Assistant Professor, Medical Physics. It also decided to create and fill up one post of Assistant Professor in the department of Cardiology, Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda, district Kangra.