Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 10 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, on Saturday authorised a collection of choices overlaying authorities recruitment, training, healthcare, agriculture, catastrophe reduction, social safety, policing, tourism and infrastructure improvement.
The Cabinet authorised the engagement of 4,090 para-workers, together with Para Pump Operators, Para Fitters and Multipurpose Workers, within the Jal Shakti Vibhag. It additionally authorised recruitment to three,900 educating and 900 non-teaching posts underneath a brand new scheme for 100 extra colleges to be affiliated with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). A brand new scheme might be formulated for these colleges.
The Cabinet additionally authorised a Limited Direct Recruitment (LDR) take a look at for left-out School Management Committee (SMC) academics, together with Post Graduate Teachers (PGTs) and Trained Graduate Teachers (TGTs). Computer academics already working in authorities colleges on an outsourced foundation may also be thought-about for recruitment by LDR.
In the training sector, the Cabinet authorised filling 320 Assistant Professor (College Cadre) posts underneath the backlog quota and appointing 29 Junior Office Assistants (IT) on compassionate grounds within the Education Department. It additionally authorised the creation and filling of 14 posts within the first part of a separate Directorate of Recruitment.
The Cabinet authorised a coverage for partaking Assistant Craft Instructors, Assistant Lecturers in polytechnics and Junior Professors in engineering and pharmacy within the Department of Technical Education, Vocational and Industrial Training. It additionally authorised filling 40 Assistant Lecturer and 120 Assistant Craft Instructor posts.
The division might be renamed the Department of Technical Education, Skill and Entrepreneurship Development.
The Cabinet authorised filling 500 Assistant Staff Nurse posts within the Health Department and 24 Medical Officer posts, together with specialists and super-specialists, at Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (Dr RPGMC), Tanda.
In the Department of Medical Education, it authorised filling 30 Radiologist, 13 Clinical Psychologist and 6 Perfusionist posts. Ten Radiographer posts had been additionally authorised for Adarsh Swasthya Sansthan underneath the Health Department.
The Cabinet authorised the institution of two unbiased super-speciality departments-Critical Care Medicine and Surgical Gastroenterology-along with strengthening the supporting departments of Blood Transfusion, Anaesthesia and Radiology by the creation of requisite posts.
It additionally authorised the institution of a Government Nursing College at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Government Medical College, Chamba, with 60 seats for B.Sc Nursing.
In the Public Works Department (PWD), 172 Multi-Task Worker posts and 10 Junior Engineer (Civil) posts had been authorised. The Cabinet additionally cleared 10 Range Forest Officer posts within the Forest Department and the creation and filling of 500 Assistant Forest Guard posts underneath an authorised engagement coverage.
The Horticulture Department will fill 40 Horticulture Extension Officer posts, 5 Senior Assistant posts and 10 Horticulture Development Officer posts.
The Cabinet authorised filling 116 posts of assorted classes within the Animal Husbandry Department, 18 Assistant Treasury Officer posts within the Department of Treasuries, Accounts and Lotteries, 10 Junior Office Assistant (IT) posts within the State Taxes and Excise Department and 13 Election Kanungo posts within the Election Department.
It additionally authorised the creation and filling of seven posts within the Directorate of Treasuries, Accounts and Lotteries, 5 posts of assorted classes within the Directorate of Forensic Services and 10 posts for the Mother and Child Hospital (MCH), Kullu.
The Cabinet cleared two Junior Registrar and 30 Assistant Inspector posts within the Cooperation Department, one Motor Vehicle Inspector and one Junior Office Assistant (IT) put up for the Regional Transport Office at Dehra in Kangra district, and one Junior Office Assistant (IT) and one Multi-Task Worker put up at Community Health Centre, Kupvi, in Shimla district.
It additionally authorised filling two Sub-Editor posts within the Department of Information and Public Relations.
The Cabinet authorised 27 posts of assorted classes underneath the 4 per cent quota for individuals with disabilities, together with 11 Multi-Task Worker posts. It additionally authorised the creation of three Private Secretary posts, one every for the Family Courts at Shimla, Mandi and Kangra at Dharamshala.
Additionally, two posts of Junior Office Assistant (IT) and 10 different posts had been authorised underneath the respective departmental proposals, whereas the Cabinet cleared the creation and filling of 26 posts of assorted classes for the Durgasharanya Kangra International Zoological Park.
The Cabinet authorised a rise of 1,000 monthly within the honorarium of Anganwadi Workers, from 10,500 to 11,500, and Anganwadi Helpers, from 5,800 to six,800.
It additionally raised the annual earnings ceiling for the appointment of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers from 50,000 to 75,000 for widows, destitute ladies and single ladies.
The month-to-month honorarium of Van Mitras was elevated from 10,000 to 12,000. Special Police Officers (SPOs) deployed in border areas will obtain a further 500 monthly, with impact from April 1, 2026.
The Cabinet determined to extend the month-to-month pension for individuals with 100 per cent incapacity to three,000, efficient April 1, 2026.
It additionally authorised enhanced monetary help underneath the President’s Merits Assistance Scheme for Home Guard Volunteers and their households in circumstances of sudden and unexpected acute misery, together with sickness or damage. The help has been elevated from 10,000 to 25,000, whereas 1 lakh might be offered within the occasion of demise.
Cook-cum-helpers engaged in authorities colleges underneath the PM-POSHAN Scheme might be entitled to 12 days of informal depart in a calendar yr.
The Cabinet authorised a particular reduction bundle for disaster-affected households within the Boh Valley of Kangra district.
Under the bundle, households whose homes have been utterly broken will obtain 7.50 lakh in monetary help, whereas 1 lakh might be offered to compensate for the lack of family belongings. The affected households may also obtain rental help of 5,000 and free rations for six months.
The bundle supplies compensation of 55,000 for the lack of a buffalo and 15,000 for the lack of a goat or sheep. Financial help of 1 lakh might be offered for losses incurred in fisheries.
For agricultural losses, help of two,000 per kanal might be offered for crop harm, whereas 5,000 might be given for harm to agricultural land.
The Cabinet additionally authorised extra funding of 603 crore for the continuation and growth of interventions underneath the Integrated Development Project for Sustainability and Climate-Resilient Rainfed Agriculture in Solan district, together with ongoing and adjoining extra Gram Panchayats.
The Cabinet authorised doubling the help underneath the Milk Incentive Scheme from 3 to six per litre to profit hundreds of dairy farmers.
It additionally determined that authorities departments would procure their milk and milk product necessities from Milkfed to make sure assured market help for dairy farmers.
The Cabinet authorised the Mukhyamantri Machhuara Sahayata Yojana to make sure remunerative costs for fishermen working in reservoirs. Under the scheme, a minimal help worth of 100 per kg might be provided for reservoir fish. If fish is bought by public sale at a worth under 100 per kg, the state authorities will present a subsidy of as much as 20 per kg.
The Trout Risk Fund Scheme was additionally authorised with an outlay of 1 crore to guard trout farmers towards losses attributable to disasters.
The Cabinet authorised the institution of two devoted courts, one every in Kangra and Mandi districts, solely for the trial of circumstances underneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
It additionally authorised the opening of a brand new police put up at Koti underneath Dhalli police station in Shimla district, together with the creation and filling of eight posts of assorted classes.
The Cabinet authorised opening a brand new Jal Shakti Section at Darini within the Shahpur Assembly constituency of Kangra district, together with the creation of requisite posts.
It additionally authorised upgrading Primary Health Centre (PHC) Darini (Ridkumar) to a Community Health Centre (CHC) and opening new PHCs at Sansal in Kangra district and Panjoa in Una district, with the creation and filling of the requisite posts.
The Cabinet additionally authorised the switch of two parcels of land to the Department of School Education, Government of India, for the development of Kendriya Vidyalayas at Gokul Nagar in Ghanari tehsil of Una district and Fuftu in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district.
The Cabinet authorised cancellation of the allotment of 33 small hydroelectric energy initiatives, every with an put in capability of lower than 5 MW, citing an absence of seriousness on the a part of builders in pursuing the initiatives.
It additionally determined to ask contemporary bids for the 126 MW Chhatru and 205 MW Ropa I and III energy initiatives.
The Cabinet authorised the redevelopment of Chotta Shimla Chowk and the development of an underpass to facilitate public motion.
It additionally determined to ascertain a City Centre on the outdated bus stand in Hamirpur and authorised an Inter-State Bus Terminal at Shitalpur in Baddi, Solan district.
An eight-storey multi-level parking facility-cum-toilet complicated might be constructed at Shri Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deotsidh, in Hamirpur district to facilitate guests.
The Cabinet determined to accord worldwide standing to the state-level Holi Mela at Sujanpur.
It additionally authorised the allotment of 9 ecotourism websites for endeavor ecotourism actions and determined to take over the administration of Pir Nigah Temple in Una district.
The Cabinet authorised the creation and filling of 26 posts for the Durgasharanya Kangra International Zoological Park.
The Cabinet authorised amendments to the provisions governing money awards for members of Indian groups profitable medals at international-level sporting occasions.
Under the revised provisions, the money award could also be distributed equally amongst all eligible sportspersons from Himachal Pradesh who’re members of the medal-winning Indian crew, with every receiving the identical quantity prescribed for a person medal winner. Alternatively, the award could also be distributed proportionately, topic to a minimal assured award of 25 per cent of the money award prescribed for a person medal winner.
The Cabinet additionally authorised the creation of posts of District Youth Services and Sports Officers (DYSOs) for international-level medal winners.
A sub-committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri was constituted to formulate complete tips regulating the switch of state authorities staff to their house districts and inside the similar district. Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar and Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi might be its members.
The Cabinet additionally authorised tips for the design, development and certification of ambulance hyperlink roads, formally recognising them as a separate class to facilitate street connectivity to the utmost potential extent.
The Cabinet authorised amendments to the Himachal Pradesh E-Stamping Rules, 2026, to supply statutory recognition to digital stamping and allow using digital stamping providers.
It authorised the Nutrition Policy 2026 and determined to increase the HPSHIVA mission by two years past June 2028, till June 2030.
The Cabinet additionally authorised renaming the Himachal Pradesh Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla, because the Rajiv Gandhi Government Dental College and Hospital, Shimla.
It authorised the creation and filling of 10 posts of assorted classes for the Mother and Child Hospital, Kullu, and the institution of 26 posts for the Durgasharanya Kangra International Zoological Park, as a part of its choices on public providers and infrastructure.
The Cabinet additionally authorised a coverage for the engagement of Assistant Forest Guards within the Forest Department, paving the way in which for filling 500 posts, and authorised the creation and filling of 14 posts within the first part for a separate Directorate of Recruitment.
The choices goal to strengthen public providers, develop healthcare and academic infrastructure, help weak sections and disaster-affected households, and enhance livelihood alternatives throughout Himachal Pradesh. (ANI)Â