Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
Batala
The Council of Ministers on Thursday decided to summon a Special Session of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha for one day, on November 6, for commemoration of the 550th Parkash Purb of Guru Nanak.
The cabinet, at a meeting here chaired by Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, approved recommending to the Governor summoning of the 9th session of the House.
The Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues were here to review the progress of various projects for the mega events being organised to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of the first guru.
The cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval for variation in the sub-projects implemented under Trance-1 of the Infrastructure Development Investment Programme for Tourism (IDIPT).
Meanwhile, in a bid to provide affordable health care and diagnostic services to the public and to offer an opportunity to students to pursue a career in medical education, the Council of Ministers also approved phase-wise recruitment of 994 new posts of faculty, paramedical staff and other posts, for setting up of Government Medical College, SAS Nagar, with intake of 100 seats for MBBS course. This decision would pave the way for the first session of the new college to begin in 2020-21.
move aimed at settling the state’s liability of sanctioned capital investment incentive under various industrial policies, the cabinet okayed new guidelines for the disbursement of sanctioned capital subsidy/investment incentives to the closed industrial units in the state.
The cabinet also approved reduction in the existing provision of maximum period of continuous leave of five years to three years.
Ex-post facto approval was also given for revival of two posts of drivers at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh.
