30 percent of posts of constables in the Himachal police department are reserved for women
In a landmark decision for ensuring sufficient strength of the women force in the state police Council of Ministers of Himachal Pradesh gave a nod to special provisions of reserving 30 percent posts of constables in the state police department.
The State COM meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu decided to provide 30 percent women reservation to the post of Constable in the Department of Police and revised approval for filling up of 1226 posts of constable.
It gave its approval to amend the Himachal Pradesh Industrial Investment Policy, 2019, and its corresponding rules, 2019 for granting liberal incentives on account of revised Net SGST to make it more lucrative.
It also gave its nod to the detailed project report (DPR) worth Rs. 486.47 crore to provide reliable and quality power, benefitting villages of the border area from Pooh to Kaza. It also approved a DPR worth Rs. 6.49 crore for enhancing electrical infrastructure in 32 villages of border areas of Kinnaur district and Spiti Block of Lahaul-Spiti district.
The Cabinet also approved to create Hamirpur Zone of HP State Electricity Board Limited and to establish the office of Chief Engineer Operations at Hamirpur to facilitate the people of the area.
The Cabinet gave its nod to open 40 new Urban Health and Wellness Centers in the State for strengthening of the grass root level primary health care delivery system in the urban areas, in order to facilitate the people of the state.
It gave its nod to the construction of boundary wall, water harvesting structures and service paths of the Large Zoological Park at Bankhandi, Dehra in district Kangra and to implement the project through HP Zoo Conservation Breeding Society.
It also approved to insert some more provisions in the Mukhya Mantri Sukh Aashrya Yojana to benefit orphans and vulnerable sections of the society.
Under the new provisions, every orphan of the state would be entitled to receive Rs. 4000 per month as pocket money till the age of 27 years.
Furthermore, it was also decided to offer one time marriage grant of Rs. 2 lakh to those orphans who have left the child care institutions earlier and are getting married after the launch of Scheme.
The cabinet also approved to fix a timeline for furnishing utilization certificates of grant-in aid to the government.
