APPROVES STATE CULTURAL POLICY

The cabinet also approved a culture policy, making the state second in the country after Manipur to have a blueprint for the protection and preservation of its heritage.

The new Punjab State Culture Policy will help to promote the quality of the state’s art and culture, besides safeguarding and conserving the cultural heritage, an official spokesperson said here. Its formulation was preceded by a series of meetings undertaken by the minister of tourism and cultural affairs with eminent historians, writers, poets and other renowned personalities from the music and film industry, the official said.

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The cabinet also raised the procurement share of paddy for rice shellers in the state’s border areas, while deciding to constitute a three-member committee to fix and ensure minimum payment to labourers in the grain markets in the ensuing procurement season.

An official spokesperson said the cabinet decided to form the committee, which will include the labour secretary, after the issue was raised by power minister Rana Gurjit and local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu.

On millers located in the border areas, the cabinet decided that against the 20% incentive provided to them last year over and above their 100% milling capacity, the millers will be allowed 40% additional share this season.