In the first e- cabinet of Uttarakhand held at secretariat on Wednesday, the state government authorised the college principals to appoint guest faculties on the vacant posts of teachers. Informing about the decisions of state cabinet, the government spokesperson, Madan Kaushik said that that a total of six issues were brought before the cabinet on the day.

He said that to fill vacant posts of assistant professors in the Government colleges, the Principals have been authorised to appoint eligible candidates as guest faculty for a period of 11 months.There are 2137 posts of teachers in government colleges of the state out of which 1176 posts are filled by permanent faculty members. The process of appointments of assistant professors from public service commission is also underway. Since it would take time, the Government has decided to appoint guest faculties. The cabinet also gave its approval for the minimum support price of sugarcane. The MSP for early variety has been fixed at Rs 327 per quintal while the MSP of late variety would be Rs 317 per quintal. The cabinet also gave its approval for prorogation of assembly session. Kaushik added that cabinet decided that the members of corporative societies would be given grant under 'Ganga Gai Dairy scheme'. In the grant the women members would be given priority.

 In another decision, the cabinet decided that the state government would construct new buildings in place of acquired buildings under Kedarpuri Master plan. 

As of now new buildings are being constructed only under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of companies.

The cabinet gave its nod to double the grant for  Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. The pigrims would now get an amount of Rs 50000 instead of Rs 25000.