Debt waiver to farm labourers, landless farmers
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The Cabinet on Saturday gave its nod to the scheme, with a purpose to cost the country exchequer Rs 520.Fifty-five crore. After debt waiver to small and marginal farmers, Punjab authorities extend the scheme to farm laborers and landless participants of Primary Cooperative Agricultural Credit Societies, supplying the first-rate alleviation to two.85 lakh humans, of which around 70 according to cent are Dalits. The Cabinet on Saturday gave its nod to the scheme to feed the kingdom exchequer Rs 520.55 crore.
The waiver consists of the first amount of Rs 388. Fifty-five crore, Rs 78 crore hobby at the price of 7 according to cent in step with annum till March 31, 2017, besides Rs 54 crore interest at seven consistent with cent consistent with annum from April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2019, as superb. The announcement changed into made at some point in the current Budget Session of Vidhan Sabha. The Chief Minister himself had given an assurance earlier that as the state’s monetary situation improves, he will carry landless farmers and farm laborers into the ambit of the debt-alleviation scheme.
The quantity eligible for debt comfort will incorporate the awesome primary amount up to a restriction of Rs 25,000 as of March 31, 2017, and simple interest at 7 in line with a cent in keeping with annum. The debt alleviation will now not be to be had to individuals who’re either personnel/pensioners of presidency/semi authorities/public area mission of any country/Centre and or profits tax payee. If a character has a couple of accounts, the relief may be given for one account best, which has a better exquisite quantity subjected to the maximum of Rs 25,000 as predominant. The accounts of the beneficiaries will be Aadhaar-seeded to avoid duplication. Under the debt-remedy scheme of October 2017, until date, the authorities have waived off loans of Rs 5. Forty-seven lakh small and marginal farmers to the extent of approximately Rs four,600 crores.
Sugarcane subsidy
After former minister Rana Gurjit Singh raised the problem of sugarcane farmers within the latest Vidhan Sabha consultation, the government has determined to offer a subsidy of Rs 25 according to quintal to them. The Cabinet gave its acclaim for the subsidy that would be credited directly in the farmers’ bills, out of a total State Agreed Price (SAP) of Rs 310, with the remaining Rs 285 per quintal to be paid to them via private sugar generators for crushing 12 months 2018-19. The pass is an observe-up of choice taken in this regard at a meeting held under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister on December five, 2018.
Notably, for the crushing 12 months 2018-19, the government had decided to start operations of the crushing turbines from November 15. Accordingly, crushing was started through cooperative sugar mills. However, not one of the non-public sugar turbines initiated the method of estimate/survey/bond/crushing via the stipulated time as the proprietors wanted to purchase sugarcane at a Fair and Remunerative Price of Rs 275 quintal fixed using the Government of India.
Pension to mother and father of CRPF guy
The Cabinet additionally gave its nod to Rs 10,000 in step with month pension for the bereaved parents of CRPF Constable Kulwinder Singh, who was killed in a fear assault at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14. For the duration of his go to their residence in Rauli village, the Chief Minister had announced a unique month-to-month pension of Rs 10,000 to them (both or surviving mother and father) due to the fact they’d no different youngsters and the deceased become single. He had then said the timetable note for the pension would be provided by using the department of defense services welfare at the subsequent Cabinet meeting. The pension can be given instead of a task to the subsequent kinfolk and in addition to the Rs 7 lakh ex-gratia and Rs 5 lakh coins instead of land, which the family is entitled to.
Civil judge selection
The Cabinet additionally gave ex post facto approval to entrust the choice procedure of 75 posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division-cum-Judicial Magistrate) with the Registrar General, Punjab, and Haryana High Court, after taking them out of the purview of Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC). The departments of finance, personnel, and PPSC, Patiala, had already agreed to hand over the recruitment technique to the Registrar General, Punjab, and Haryana High Court, said a central authority declaration.
Reservation to EWSs
The Cabinet nods to carry a constitutional change to offer reservation in government jobs to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) in the General category. The proposed modification relates to the insertion of Clauses 15 (6) and 16 (6) inside the Constitution of India, vide the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019.
Following the change, a ten in step with cent reservation will be provided to the residents of Punjab belonging to us who are not covered below the prevailing scheme of reservation for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, and whose households had gross annual profits underneath Rs eight lakh.
The reservation could be furnished directly to corporations A, B, C, and D on departments/forums/groups/neighborhoods our bodies. Applicant family for this cause will include earnings from all assets: salary, agriculture, commercial enterprise, profession, etc., for the economic yr previous to that of application.
Also, humans whose family owns or possesses any of the belongings – 5 acres of agricultural land and above, residential flat of one,000 sq. Toes and above, residential plot of 100 square yards and above in notified municipalities and home plot of 2 hundred sq.Yards and above in regions other than the notified municipalities – will be excluded from being recognized as EWS, regardless of the own family earnings. The income and belongings of the own family will be required to be certified after verifying all applicable files as can be designated with the aid of the authorities, said the statement.
Labor policies
The Cabinet also accredited The Punjab Labour and Cartage Policy 2019-20 for cartage of meals grains from mandis to storage points at minimal charges via competitive tenders. The cartage of food grains from mandis to numerous storage points, located up to eight km from such mandi(s)/purchase center (s), maybe allowed via a competitive on-line soft system. This could be carried out with the aid of soft district committees, of which the respective deputy commissioners may be the chairpersons, with district Food Corporation of India (FCI) head, district heads of all kingdom procurement organizations and district controller of meals supplies as contributors.
The state buying organizations, PUNGRAIN, MARKFED, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, PUNSUP, and the FCI procure food grains each yr for the crucial pool or Public Distribution System the Minimum Support Price constant through the Government of India. According to the monthly pension, the Journalists’ pension approved Rs 12,000 to the kingdom’s reporters who are authorized to the branch of information and public family members. With this selection, the authorities have conceded a long-pending demand of the journalist fraternity. The reporters are working with the nation, who are above 60 years of age and were accepted for five years, might be given the help.