Tuesday, 06 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The first meeting of the Uttarakhand cabinet chaired by chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami late on Sunday evening resolved to give people a corruption-free administration, transparent, sensitive and speedy services by maximizing the use of information technology and ramp up health facilities to effectively control Covid-19 in the state.
The cabinet adopted six resolutions to meet public expectations ahead of 2022 Assembly elections. Cabinet minister Subodh Uniyal informed the media about the decisions taken in the cabinet meeting held hours after Dhami’s and his 11 cabinet colleagues’ swearing-in on Sunday, though the media briefing was held on Monday as the meeting continued till late in the night.
Uniyal said that the other resolutions passed by the cabinet included those for creating jobs and self-employment opportunities for youngsters, uplifting Dalits and empowering women. Apart from the resolutions, some major decisions were taken by the cabinet. These included raising the salary of the guest teachers from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 per month and deploying them in their home districts, said Uniyal. The cabinet also decided to maintain the continuity of service of about 200 contractual employees of polytechnic institutes, paying the salaries to MNREGA workers for the strike period and the filling about 22,000 vacancies in different government departments, the cabinet minister said.
The cabinet also granted its approval to the proposal for reviving the defunct district employment offices. A cabinet sub-committee headed by Uniyal was also constituted to look into the pay-related issues of the police department. The chief minister held a separate meeting with senior officials
at the Bijapur guest house on Monday and asked them to start the process of filling different vacancies in a time-bound manner at the earliest.
He further directed them to prepare a proposal for giving a one-year concession in the upper age limit for recruitment to vacant posts for Covid
duty and bring it up before the cabinet for its approval. Stating that giving employment to people is among the top priorities of his government,
Dhami directed the officials to prepare a detailed work plan so that the maximum number of people get employment. All arrangements should be made to effectively control the Covid-19 pandemic and ensure that facilities like oxygen cylinders and concentrators are made available to all the community and primary health centres, he added.
The chief minister also flagged off 10 vehicles carrying Covid relief materials for distribution among 1,500 families of the Mussoorie constituency.
