Nod to upgrade of 3 municipal councils

Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh council of ministers on Saturday approved the upgradation of three municipal councils — Una, Baddi and Hamirpur — to municipal corporations and two nagar panchayats — Madaun and Jabli — to municipal councils.The cabinet meeting, chaired by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, also approved the creation of six new nagar panchayats, including Sandhol, Dharampur, Badsar, Bhoranj, Bangana and Kunihar. It was also decided to include additional areas under the jurisdiction of various urban local bodies.Nod to fill 439 postsThe council of ministers sanctioned the filling of 439 vacancies in different departments across the state. A total of 30 senior resident doctors posts and 326 posts of ancillary staff have been created at Dr Radhakrishnan Govt Medical College, Hamirpur. Approval has also been granted to open a new police post at the medical college, along with creation and filling up of seven posts of various categories. The cabinet also gave its consent to fill up 28 posts of different categories in the department of fisheries, 25 posts of assistant state taxes and excise officers, and 10 posts of various categories in HP Rajya Chayan Aayog, Hamirpur. It also decided to create and fill up six posts of different categories in the newly opened block medical office, Dehra and four posts in the newly upgraded community health centre, Gumma, in Shimla district. The council of ministers gave its nod to enhance the honorarium of multi-task workers in the public works department from Rs 4,500 to Rs 5,000 per month. In-principle approval was granted to bring all elderly above 70 years under the ambit of Aayushman Bharat Yojna. Also, an additional top-up cover of Rs 5 lakh per annum would be provided to individuals above the age of 70 years who have already been registered under the scheme. The cabinet also approved offering a financial assistance of Rs 3 lakh for the construction of house for widow, single destitute and divyang women, with an annual income of less than Rs 2.50 lakh per annum, registered under HP Building and Other Construction Welfare Board.

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