The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday gave a go ahead to waive off loans, up to Rs50,000 each, taken from the Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation (PSCLDFC) and Punjab Backward Classes Land Development and Finance Corporation (PBCLDFC).
The move would benefit 15,890 people who had taken loans up to March 31, 2017, including those who had defaulted on their payments. A total amount of Rs52 crore will be waived off under the scheme.
In case of PSCLDFC, 14,260 beneficiaries are eligible for loan waiver with a total financial liability of Rs45.41 crore, while 1630 eligible beneficiaries are under PBCLDFC involving financial liability of Rs 6.59 crore.
Under the scheme, the beneficiaries would be issued no dues certificates only after repaying the balance amount, with interest, minus Rs50,000 which the Government has decided to waive off. The cut-off date would be March 31, 2017, for calculation of interest or penal interest.
The Government has also made it clear that the loanees who have already filed a civil case in the court against the corporation would not be covered under the scheme, until they withdraw the cases unconditionally.
If any dispute arises for waiving off loan under this scheme, the Executive Director of the Corporation would be the competent authority to take decision.
NARANG COMMISSION REPORT ON SAND MINING WITH ATR TO BE TABLED IN ASSEMBLY
The report by Justice JS Narang Commission — set up to probe the alleged involvement of bigwigs in the sand mining auctions, would be tabled in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha in the ongoing budget session, along with the Action Taken Report.
The State Council of Ministers, in its meeting on Thursday, gave its go-ahead for the same. It has approved the tabling of the report of the Commission of Inquiry headed by Justice (Retd) JS Narang, and the Memorandum of the action taken thereon by the Department of Mines and Geology, under the provision of Section 3 (4) of Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952.
The Cabinet approval came a day after the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had announced that the reports by all the Commissions will be tabled before the House, with the Narang Commission report to be tabled in the current Budget session itself.
The Cabinet has also approved the presentation of the budget estimates of the Punjab government for the year 2018-19, in pursuance of the provisions contained in the Clause (1) of Article 204 read with Article 206 of the Constitution of India.
AFTER MBBS, MO (DENTAL) ALSO TO GET FULL SALARY DURING PROBATION
The cabinet has decided to bring Medical Officers (Dental) also in the ambit of medical professionals who will get their full salaries, including allowances, during probation period also.
The cabinet cleared a proposal to waive off the condition of basic pay only for MOs (Dental), just days after it had approved a similar waiver for MBBS probationers in government hospitals.
The move is aimed at ensuring the best dental treatment and diagnostic services in government healthcare institutions by engaging professional Dental Officers.
The cabinet decision would facilitate new Medical Officers (Dental) to get full salary in the pay scale of Rs 15,600-39,100+5,400 grade pay.