7th Pay Commission news: Despite financial constraints, the Amarinder Singh led Punjab government on Saturday announced a Diwali bonanza for its employees and pensioners.
The Chief Minister said that he also informed the party President of the key programmes implemented successfully by his government, including employment generation, drug eradication, farm debt waiver and the extension of PMJAY health insurance cover to 42 lakh families in the state, among others.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced a pilot project, which aimed at providing compulsory NCC training to all students of Class IX and XI at government schools and first and second-year students at all colleges in the border districts of Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran and Amritsar. Gradually, NCC training would be made compulsory at all the schools in the state.
The Congress party had sought the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security cover for Sidhu in November last year.
The proposed authority will be empowered to issue tariff orders for charges to be levied by all entities supplying water for any purpose except agriculture, the release said.
The NHRC has also sought details on disbursement of relief and rehabilitation to the aggrieved families.
The decision was taken following the recommendations of the cabinet sub-committee constituted on the directives of the chief minister in this regard, the spokesman said.
Imran Khan will be taking the oath on August 18. Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev have also been invited to the event, other than Sidhu.
Kaur's stellar innings against Australia steered India into the ICC Women's World Cup final and was awarded the rank of DSP by the Punjab government on March 1 this year.
The spokesperson said retirement benefits have been cleared till December 31, 2017, with the release of Rs 413.77 crore, while Rs 43.73 crore had been released towards reimbursement of medical bills up to March 20, 2018.
The move is aimed at checking the trend of hookah, hookah bars, and the use of tobacco in various forms among youngsters, an official said.
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