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Himachal Cabinet Clears 4,200 Hires, Health Push and Pay Order Withdrawal

Recruitments now move to departmental implementation.

Overview

  • The cabinet sanctioned 1,602 Bijli Upbhogta Mitras in the state power utility, 1,000 T/Mates, 645 patwari trainees and 300 gram panchayat trainees to strengthen frontline services.
  • Health measures include engaging 200 medical officers and 400 staff nurses as trainees, creating 38 specialist assistant professor posts and establishing 28 dialysis centres across nine districts.
  • A September 6 higher grade pay notification that would have cut pay for about 14,000 employees was withdrawn after being put on hold on September 8.
  • The government approved CBSE affiliation for 100 government schools from the next academic session and created 25 steno-typist posts in the state secretariat.
  • Further steps include restructuring the Environment, Science, Technology and Climate Change department, permitting qualified constables to investigate low-penalty cases, adopting rural construction by-laws and launching a hospitality start-up interest subsidy of 3% in urban, 4% in rural and 5% in tribal areas.