Himachal Pradesh Cabinet Approves Draft Electric Vehicle Policy – EQ Mag Pro
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved the Draft Electric Vehicle Policy to promote sustainable transport system for making Himachal Pradesh a global hub for electric mobility development and manufacturing of electric vehicles and to create public and private charging infrastructure for electric vehicles besides providing subsidy and incentives to the electric vehicles manufacturing industries.
The Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur also gave its nod to introduce The Sardar Patel University, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh (Establishment and Regulation) Bill, 2021 in Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly for setting up of a new University at Mandi.
It decided to fill up 100 posts of Clerks in place of Junior Office Assistant (IT) in HP Secretariat on contract basis besides filling up 50 posts of Clerks against the anticipated vacancy of clerks during the year 2022 and 2023. In order to double the farmers income by enhancing production and productivity of traditional crops and to improve nutritional security and income of growers, the Cabinet decided to implement ‘Swaran Jayanti Paramparagat Beej Suraksha Avam Samvardhan Yojna’ in the State.
Approval was also given for procurement, supply and distribution of school bags under ‘Atal School Vardi Yojna’ to the school students of class 1st, 3rd,6th and 9th on the basis of e-tender by Himachal Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. for the year 2020-21 from L-1 bidder. This would benefit about three lakh students studying in different government schools of the State, on which an amount of Rs 9 crore would be spent.
It gave its nod to provide abatement/relaxation of toll fees for the year 2020-21 of Toll Units keeping in view the representations received from toll lessees especially from those who have got the toll unit renewed on full value with the request that the substantial abatement/relaxation in toll fees as well as payment of monthly instalments be given to them as inward traffic with effect from June 2020 to September 2020 was badly affected and only vehicle applying essential commodities were allowed to enter the State.
It decided to open new Sub Tehsil at Rey in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district alongwith creation of 12 posts of different categories. It also decided to upgrade Sub Tehsil Junga to Tehsil in Shimla district. Approval was given to open new Sub Tehsil at Jari in Bhuntar tehsil of Kullu district alongwith creation of 12 posts of different categories. It gave its ex post facto approval of Letter of Award alongwith approval for 4 years in respect of Letter of Award to Medswan Foundation including the signing of tripartite agreement for operation and maintenance of NAS-108/JSSK-102 ambulances alongwith the Call Centre services in the State.
It also gave its nod to transfer 766 sq. meters land at Motitibba for Air Force Station Dalhousie in favour of Indian Air Force Ministry of Defence, Government of India free of cost by charging rupees one as token value of land in relaxation of rule/instructions as a special case. It also decided to upgrade Community Health Centre Baldwara in Mandi district to 50 bedded Civil Hospital alongwith creation of 11 posts of different categories to man this Hospital.
It decided to fill up 41 post of Office Kanungo in ‘C’ category Sub Division of the State for smooth disposal revenue matters; 12 posts of different categories in newly created Sub Tehsil Kalbog in tehsil Kotkhai of Shimla district for its smooth functioning; 12 posts of Junior Engineer (civil) in Forest Department and 30 posts of Peons in Prosecution Department on daily wage basis. The Cabinet decided to fill up five posts of Dean and two posts Directors in Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University Palampur; two posts of Fisheries Officer and 20 posts of Fisheries Field Assistant in Fisheries Department through direct recruitment on contract basis and 7 posts of Motor Vehicle Inspectors in Transport Department on contract basis.
Cabinet gave its consent to create one post of Senior Lecturer (Computer Engineering) and one of post of Lecturer (Electrical Engineering) in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government Institution of Engineering and Technology (Polytechnic Wing) Pragatinagar in district Shimla. It also decided to fill up two posts of Junior Stenographer in Prosecution Department through direct recruitment on contract basis.