Slain forest guard’s grandmother to get his salary: HP govt
SHIMLA: The Himachal government on Monday said it would give full salary of the slain forest guard Hoshiyar Singh to his grandmother Hirdi Devi, during her lifetime, as a special case.
The decision was taken keeping in view the “exceptional circumstances” of the forest guard’s death when he was posted in the Katanda forest beat in Mandi district, an official statement said.
The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting presided over by CM Virbhadra Singh.
Hoshiyar Singh, 22, went missing on June 5 and was found hanging from a tree in a forest in Mandi district on June 9.
His family members alleged that he was ‘killed’ by the forest mafia.
OTHER DECISIONS
The cabinet further decided to implement the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) for procurement of apple crop in 2017 on the analogy of previous years to provide remunerative price to the fruit growers in the state. It is estimated that 10% (55,849 metric tonnes) of the total production will be procured under MIS by government agencies. The procurement price was increased from ₹6.50 to ₹6.75 per kg.
The cabinet also approved a grant of ₹120 crore to the Himachal Road Transport Corporation for clearing pension liabilities besides giving nod to filling up of posts of environment science lecturers in government colleges where student enrolment is 1,000 or more.
It also approved introducing education as a subject at the under-graduate level in 13 government colleges in the state along with creation and filling up 13 posts of assistant professors in the said subject on contract basis.The government also decided to fill about 3,000 posts in departments, including 2,000 posts of para medical staff and family welfare department on contract basis and 17 vacant posts of assistant professors in the Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla and Tanda Medical colleges through direct recruitment.
The cabinet gave its approval to repair village roads under Mukhya Mantri Rural Road Repair Scheme, for which a provision of ₹20 crore has been made under the MNREGA component.