Shimla, May 9
The government today gave nod for enhancement in capacity to 23 small hydroelectric projects and allowed IPPs (independent power producers) to dispose of their power in any manner after allowing royalty in the shape of free power to the state.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister PK Dhumal here today.
The projects will have of give 3 per cent additional free power to the state in case the capacity is enhanced by more than 20 per cent. In the case of projects where capacity enhancement has already been approved, the IPPs, which have already signed the Implementation Agreements for the sale of power, will be at liberty to sign open access clause hereafter subject to above conditions.
The Cabinet decided to recruit 5,000 teachers of different categories in various educational institutions and introduce Informatics Practices as a compulsory subject in the arts stream and as an optional subject in other streams. It gave nod for creation of 970 posts of postgraduate teachers through rationalisation.
It decided to compensate the farmers of Una and adjoining districts whose wheat output was affected due to the high-incidence of yellow rust disease in PBW-343 and PBW-502 varieties.
To bring about uniformity in the salary and commission of all the 528 bus conductors deployed in the HRTC and the JNNURM buses, it decided to provide Rs 2,000 per month as retaining fee with 2 per cent commission, thereby ensuring a minimum of Rs 3,500 to each conductor.
It granted permission to fill 15 posts of extension officer (industries) on secondment basis from the HP State Financial Corporation and absorb 137 employees of the Nahan Foundry in different departments.
It raised the borrowing limit of State Electricity Board Limited from Rs 3,000 crore to Rs 4,000 crore.
It decided to lease out the state-owned outdoor stadium at Nurpur for a period of 30 years to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) for developing it as a cricket stadium.
It also granted approval to lease out 1.61 hectares of land at Mohal Gumma in Shimla to the HPCA for developing it as a cricket stadium.
The government today gave nod for enhancement in capacity to 23 small hydroelectric projects and allowed IPPs (independent power producers) to dispose of their power in any manner after allowing royalty in the shape of free power to the state.
The decisions were taken at a meeting of the state Cabinet held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister PK Dhumal here today.
The projects will have of give 3 per cent additional free power to the state in case the capacity is enhanced by more than 20 per cent. In the case of projects where capacity enhancement has already been approved, the IPPs, which have already signed the Implementation Agreements for the sale of power, will be at liberty to sign open access clause hereafter subject to above conditions.
The Cabinet decided to recruit 5,000 teachers of different categories in various educational institutions and introduce Informatics Practices as a compulsory subject in the arts stream and as an optional subject in other streams. It gave nod for creation of 970 posts of postgraduate teachers through rationalisation.
It decided to compensate the farmers of Una and adjoining districts whose wheat output was affected due to the high-incidence of yellow rust disease in PBW-343 and PBW-502 varieties.
To bring about uniformity in the salary and commission of all the 528 bus conductors deployed in the HRTC and the JNNURM buses, it decided to provide Rs 2,000 per month as retaining fee with 2 per cent commission, thereby ensuring a minimum of Rs 3,500 to each conductor.
It granted permission to fill 15 posts of extension officer (industries) on secondment basis from the HP State Financial Corporation and absorb 137 employees of the Nahan Foundry in different departments.
It raised the borrowing limit of State Electricity Board Limited from Rs 3,000 crore to Rs 4,000 crore.
It decided to lease out the state-owned outdoor stadium at Nurpur for a period of 30 years to the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) for developing it as a cricket stadium.
It also granted approval to lease out 1.61 hectares of land at Mohal Gumma in Shimla to the HPCA for developing it as a cricket stadium.
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