The Himachal Cabinet in its meeting on Saturday decided that due to lockdown, private schools in the State would be allowed to charge only tuition fee. The meeting, held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed grief over the untimely death of former MLA from Theog assembly constituency Rakesh Verma and observed two minutes silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
Amongst other items discussed, it was decided to implement the recommendations of 15th Central Finance Commission in the State, under which out of the total grants received from it, 70 percent would be provided to Gram Panchyats, 15 percent to Panchayat Samitis and 15 percent would be allocated to Zila Parishads for undertaking various developmental works.
The Cabinet decided to upgrade Veterinary Hospital at Nagrota Bagwan in Kangra district to Zonal Veterinary Hospital alongwith creation and filling up of seven posts of different categories to man this hospital.
The Cabinet also gave its nod to start scheme for ‘Rehabilitation of Stray Cattle’ in Himachal Pradesh to solve the problems of stray cattle, encourage individuals and organizations to adopt stray cattle, provide assistance for running of cow sanctuaries and gau sadans in the State. In the initial phase, it was decided to provide Rs 500 per cow for cows in gausadans/gaushalas and cow sanctuaries. The Animal Husbandry Department was advised to complete tagging under Information Network for Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH) Scheme as per Government of India’s guidelines at the earliest.
The Cabinet also decided to establish three Fast Track Special Courts at Shimla, Rampur for Kinnaur district and at Nahan, district Sirmaur to deal with the rape/POCSO cases for a period of one year.
The Cabinet decided to amend the ‘Mukhya Mantri Swavlamban Yojna-2019’ to make it more lucrative. Now units sanctioned under this scheme should come into commercial production within one year from the date of disbursement of first installment of loan by the bank under the Scheme for both manufacturing and service enterprises. Besides, in case such units have been set up by widows who are bonafide Himachali and having age upto 45 years, amount of eligible subsidy has been enhanced from 30 percent to 35 percent.
PROPOSALS OF 11 PROJECTS WORTH Rs 332.50 CRORE CLEARED BY SSWC&MA
The 12th meeting of the State Level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring Authority (SSWC&MA) held here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur approved 11 project proposals for setting up new industrial enterprisers and expansion of existing units involving a total proposed investment of approximately Rs 332.50 crore and employment potential of about 1000 persons which shows that the State continues to attract investment despite of overall slowdown in the economy.
