Overview
- Santosh Devi, wife of deceased ASI Sandeep Kumar Lathar, will be appointed PGT Mathematics (Group B) at the Campus School, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak.
- Lathar died by suicide on October 14 after former IGP Y Puran Kumar was reported dead by suicide on October 7, with an FIR later alleging political and administrative pressure; no judicial findings were reported.
- The Cabinet expanded the Deendayal Lado Lakshmi Scheme to include mothers of students scoring over 80% in Classes 10 and 12, certain NIPUN workers, and mothers improving child nutrition, with eligibility up to Rs 1.8 lakh for these additions.
- Old Pension Scheme and qualifying service benefits will apply to 347 contract drivers appointed in 2002, who will be treated as regular from their initial appointment date with financial effects from September 1, 2024 or a government-set cut-off.
- The government approved leasing Panchayat land in Rathewali, Panchkula, for a 20-year gaushala and reinforced a ban on registries and land exchanges in unauthorised colonies, including an ordinance move to regulate exchange deeds.