The Punjab Cabinet today approved the revival and filling up of 175 vacant posts of different teaching and non teaching staff in the Industrial Training Department besides the creation of 30 regular and 25 outsourced posts for setting up of instructor training wing with the assistance from World Bank at Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Lalru.
This decision would help the state to build capacity for skill development and start apprenticeship training in Micro, Small and Medium entrepreneurship besides providing quality training and gainful employment to the youth of the state.
In order to give impetus to horticulture sector in the state, the Cabinet also allowed the Horticulture department to recruit 45 Horticulture Development Officers (HDOs) besides creating five new posts each of HDOs Entomology & Pathology and three HDOs (Soils) to provide adequate and effective services to Horticulturists in five Citrus Estates set up at Abohar, Tahliwala, Badal, Hoshiarpur and Bhunga. The Cabinet also gave permission for the up-gradation of six HDOs as Assistant Director Horticulture.
The Cabinet also gave approval to grant extension in the contract of Health/Veterinary Pharmacist and Sweepers working as service providers @ Rs.7000 and Rs.3000 per month respectively in 1186 subsidiary health centers and 582 veterinary hospitals under Zila Parishads w.e.f. June 1, 2013 to November 30, 2013 in the public interest as a stop gap arrangement up to November 30, 2013 or till regular recruitment, whichever is earlier.
With a view to ensuring the best health care and diagnostic facilities to the people across the state, the Cabinet also cleared the proposal of Medical Education & Research Department to fill 129 posts of super specialists and medical teaching faculty in Medical Colleges of Amritsar and Patiala. Of these 80 super specialists would be recruited in the departments of Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Radio Therapy, Radiology and Immuno-Haematology & Blood Transfusion of Govt. Medical College Amritsar and Patiala to effectively combat the deadly menace of Cancer so that these posts were filled up quickly. These recruitment would be made by the Departmental Selection Committee on merit after taking out these posts from the preview of Punjab Public Service Commission.
Apart from this the Cabinet gave green signal to recruit 49 medical teaching faculty including 12 professors, 19 assistant professors, 13 senior lecturers and 5 lecturers in these medical colleges through direct recruitment on merit through the same committee after taking them out of the purview of the PPSC.
The Cabinet also approved to appoint 512 Hindi teachers on contract at a consolidated pay of Rs 10,300 from April 2012 in the larger public interest. These teachers were recruited under Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Financial Assistance for appointment of Teachers in Non Hindi states’, which was discontinued by the GoI at the end of 9th Five Year Plan.
In a bid to boost the livestock sector and promote dairy farming as a push towards diversification of agriculture, the Cabinet approved the revival of 115 posts of Veterinary Officer and 175 Veterinary Inspectors so as to provide the best veterinary care services to the dairy farmers. The Cabinet also gave go ahead to amend the rule 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 225, 227, 229, 231, 233, 234, 235 along with forms of the Punjab Motor Vehicles, Rules, 1989 regarding Motor accidents claims tribunal rules.
The implementation of this scheme would ensure prompt release of financial benefits to the family members of the victims.The Cabinet also approved to provide 214 posts of various levels for running three Drug De-addiction Centers at Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar effectively and in a result-oriented manner to wean away the youth from the menace of drug addiction. The Council of Ministers also decided to contribute 10% of their discretionary funds placed at their disposal towards the creation of corpus fund for the construction of Jang-E-Azadi Memorial. An amount to the tune of Rs.2,87,50,000/- has been sent directly to the foundation instead of Cultural Affairs department for the establishment of ‘Jang-E-Azadi’ Memorial.
It may be recalled that the Cabinet in its meeting held on October 23, 2012 had decided that each Cabinet Minister and Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS) would annually contribute Rs.10 lakh and Rs.7.50 lakh respectively out of their discretionary funds. The Cabinet also gave approval to revive 16 posts in the office of Lokpal Punjab to ensure its effective and smooth functionin
This decision would help the state to build capacity for skill development and start apprenticeship training in Micro, Small and Medium entrepreneurship besides providing quality training and gainful employment to the youth of the state.
In order to give impetus to horticulture sector in the state, the Cabinet also allowed the Horticulture department to recruit 45 Horticulture Development Officers (HDOs) besides creating five new posts each of HDOs Entomology & Pathology and three HDOs (Soils) to provide adequate and effective services to Horticulturists in five Citrus Estates set up at Abohar, Tahliwala, Badal, Hoshiarpur and Bhunga. The Cabinet also gave permission for the up-gradation of six HDOs as Assistant Director Horticulture.
The Cabinet also gave approval to grant extension in the contract of Health/Veterinary Pharmacist and Sweepers working as service providers @ Rs.7000 and Rs.3000 per month respectively in 1186 subsidiary health centers and 582 veterinary hospitals under Zila Parishads w.e.f. June 1, 2013 to November 30, 2013 in the public interest as a stop gap arrangement up to November 30, 2013 or till regular recruitment, whichever is earlier.
With a view to ensuring the best health care and diagnostic facilities to the people across the state, the Cabinet also cleared the proposal of Medical Education & Research Department to fill 129 posts of super specialists and medical teaching faculty in Medical Colleges of Amritsar and Patiala. Of these 80 super specialists would be recruited in the departments of Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Radio Therapy, Radiology and Immuno-Haematology & Blood Transfusion of Govt. Medical College Amritsar and Patiala to effectively combat the deadly menace of Cancer so that these posts were filled up quickly. These recruitment would be made by the Departmental Selection Committee on merit after taking out these posts from the preview of Punjab Public Service Commission.
Apart from this the Cabinet gave green signal to recruit 49 medical teaching faculty including 12 professors, 19 assistant professors, 13 senior lecturers and 5 lecturers in these medical colleges through direct recruitment on merit through the same committee after taking them out of the purview of the PPSC.
The Cabinet also approved to appoint 512 Hindi teachers on contract at a consolidated pay of Rs 10,300 from April 2012 in the larger public interest. These teachers were recruited under Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Financial Assistance for appointment of Teachers in Non Hindi states’, which was discontinued by the GoI at the end of 9th Five Year Plan.
In a bid to boost the livestock sector and promote dairy farming as a push towards diversification of agriculture, the Cabinet approved the revival of 115 posts of Veterinary Officer and 175 Veterinary Inspectors so as to provide the best veterinary care services to the dairy farmers. The Cabinet also gave go ahead to amend the rule 215, 218, 219, 220, 222, 225, 227, 229, 231, 233, 234, 235 along with forms of the Punjab Motor Vehicles, Rules, 1989 regarding Motor accidents claims tribunal rules.
The implementation of this scheme would ensure prompt release of financial benefits to the family members of the victims.The Cabinet also approved to provide 214 posts of various levels for running three Drug De-addiction Centers at Amritsar, Patiala and Jalandhar effectively and in a result-oriented manner to wean away the youth from the menace of drug addiction. The Council of Ministers also decided to contribute 10% of their discretionary funds placed at their disposal towards the creation of corpus fund for the construction of Jang-E-Azadi Memorial. An amount to the tune of Rs.2,87,50,000/- has been sent directly to the foundation instead of Cultural Affairs department for the establishment of ‘Jang-E-Azadi’ Memorial.
It may be recalled that the Cabinet in its meeting held on October 23, 2012 had decided that each Cabinet Minister and Chief Parliamentary Secretaries (CPS) would annually contribute Rs.10 lakh and Rs.7.50 lakh respectively out of their discretionary funds. The Cabinet also gave approval to revive 16 posts in the office of Lokpal Punjab to ensure its effective and smooth functionin
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