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The Punjab Cabinet on Friday gave nod for the revival and rehabilitation package for the industrial units located in the Goindwal Industrial Complex to settle their pending cases of loan taken from the Punjab Financial Corporation.
The cabinet also approved the draft of the Punjab State Commission for Minorities Act,2011 for setting up the State Commission for Minorities to study and suggest social,economic,educational and cultural requirements of religious and linguistic minorities with a view to equip them to preserve secular traditions of Punjab and to promote national integration.
The cabinet also gave approval to allot plot no. D-191 in Phase 8-B focal point,Mohali measuring 2,500 square yards to establish Mohali Hi-tech Cluster to develop common facility centre under the Cluster Development Programme of the Ministry of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). This plot had been allotted to the Mohali Industries Association subject to the condition to return the earlier plot allotted to them in Industrial Area Phase-1,Mohali,to the department of Industries and Commerce.
The cabinet also approved the requisite election staff for the newly created Pathankot and Fazilka districts besides the two new sub-divisions at Dharamkot and Guru Har Sahai.
The cabinet also gave approval to enhance the existing scholarship amount of Rs 15,000 to Rs 33000 per annum to the five cadets from Punjab,who had been pursuing training at National Indian Military Academy,Dehradun. This step is aimed at motivating the youth from Punjab to pursue their career in the Armed forces.
The cabinet also gave approval to the PEPSU Road Transport Corporation to convert its state capital contribution,state government loans and interest thereon amounting to Rs107.39 crore into equity to make it financially viable.
The cabinet also approved to further engage the services of health and veterinary pharmacists working as service providers before April 30,2011 under the pay package offered to them by the then rural Medical and Veterinary Officers in 1,186 subsidiary health centers and 582 civil veterinary hospitals under the control of Zila Prishads,at a lump sum salary of Rs 7,000 per month as stop gap arrangements till May 31,2012 or the completion of the process of regular recruitment,whichever is earlier. This decision has been taken in view of the larger public interest and to provide uninterrupted health and veterinary services to the people. Likewise,the cabinet also approved to pay Rs 3,000 per month to the attendant-cum-sweeper in health subsidiary centers and civil veterinary hospitals,as paid to them earlier.
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