Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR: The State Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, approved 6% enhancement in the Dearness Allowance (DA) to the State Government employees/ pensioners with effect from 1st January 2015. The revised rate of DA per month shall now be 113% of Basic Pay with effect from 1st January 2015.
The arrears on account of additional instalment from January 2015 to July 2015 shall be credited to the individual GPF Accounts of the employees in the month of August 2015 and shall form part of the monthly salary from there onwards.
In respect of such of the State Government employees, who are governed by the New Pension Scheme, the arrears on account of additional instalment from January 2015 to July 2015, shall be paid in cash in month of August 2015 and the employees share @10% shall be deducted at source and credited to their PRAN numbers along with the matching share by the employer. Thereafter, the enhancement in the DA by 6% shall form part of the monthly salary.
Enhancement in DA will also apply to the work charged/ whole time contingent paid employees working in a regular time scale.
The cabinet also approved release of DA instalment @ 6% for the State Government pensioners/ family pensioners from 107% to 113% w.e.f 1st January 2015. The arrears on account of the enhanced rate of DA from January 2015 to July 2015 shall be paid to them in cash in the month of August 2015 and shall form part of the monthly pension / family pension there onwards.
The State Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, expressed great anguish over the repeated ceasefire violations across the LoC and the International Border in Poonch, R.S. Pura and other sectors.
The Cabinet deeply mourned the loss of precious lives in these senseless acts of violence and expressed condolences with the bereaved families.
The Cabinet which met here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, approved the payment of liabilities on account of the functioning of 36 Special/ Additional Mobile Magistrates’ Courts temporarily created to be co-terminus with the period of the Award of the 13th Finance Commission, up to 31-08-2015.
The Cabinet also decided that these Courts shall, however, cease to exist thereafter and the posts created on this account shall stand abolished.
The Cabinet which met here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, gave nod to the construction of new Paediatric Hospital within the upcoming 200 bedded Maternity Hospital at Bemina at a cost of Rs 25 crore.
The decision was taken to facilitate the availability of Paediatric healthcare facilities alongside the maternity hospital within the same building premises.
The Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, ordered constitution of a Sub-Committee of the Cabinet, to go-over the cadre review proposal for the IAS and KAS prepared by the establishment-cum-Selection Committee.
Deputy Chief Minister shall be the Chairman of the Sub-Committee with Minister for Health and Medical Education, Minister for Science and Technology/Animal Husbandry, Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment and Culture and Minister for Education as its Members.
The Sub-Committee shall submit its report within a month.
The Cabinet which met here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, accorded extension for a further period of three years to the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in Technical Education Department or till the completion of the 18 new polytechnics in J&K.
To oversee the process of construction of 18 new polytechnic colleges the PIU was established in 2010 for a period of 5 years which expired in April 2015. Construction of these polytechnic colleges is under progress and out of these, 3 institutes at Budgam, Samba and Reasi are nearing completion.
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