HP cabinet raises honorarium for water carriers in edu dept
The Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday decided to enhance the honorarium of parttime water carriers working on the contract basis in the state education department from ₹1,900 to ₹2,200 with effect from April 1.
The cabinet, presided over by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, also gave its nod to admit 100 students to Dr Radhakrishanan Government Medical College, Hamirpur, for 2018-19 academic session.
With this, six medical colleges have become functional in the state with each college having admission capacity of 100 students, a government statement said.
The cabinet also decided to restrict the quota of NRI seats in order to provide more meritbased admissions.
It also accorded its nod to engage 100 posts of accountant-cum-support staff and 30 posts of data entry operators at the blocklevel under the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan.The cabinet also decided to approve the guidelines to start ‘Akhand Shiksha Jyoti, Mere School Se Nikle Moti’, as per the ‘Swarnima Himachal Drishti Patra’ to honour pass out students from the government schools who had made a mark in their life. It also approved an amendment in Rule-69A of Motor Vehicle Act, 1999 for rationalisation of fee structure for contract carriages from other states.