Chandigarh – The Cabinet on Tuesday approved lowering of the pass percentage from 66.66 per cent to 50 per cent in Criminal Law and Revenue Law papers for vesting powers of Executive Magistrate and Assistant Collector or Collector to IAS/PCS (EB) officers. The Cabinet, led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, approved an amendment in Rule-12 of the Civil Services (Departmental Examination) Punjab Rules-2014 for the posts of Assistant Commissioner/Extra Assistant Commissioner. Since Rule-10 is not being amended, officers still need to pass in higher standard, that is, 66.66 per cent in order to clear their probation/promotion. Besides this, in order to rationalise the existing Rules, some minor changes are also proposed to be made in Rules 4(3), 4(6), 10(1) pertaining to exemption and language and so on. The changes have been approved in view of the fact that a large number of officers do not score the prescribed 66.66 per cent marks in criminal law and revenue law papers in the first or second attempt.All staff nurses posts to be filled

The first full house meeting of the Cabinet decided to fill posts of staff nurses in view of the acute shortage of staff nurses in the Government Medical Colleges and Hospitals (GMCs) across the state. The Cabinet had decided to fill the staff nurses posts on contract basis in the Medical Education and Research department through relaxation in the instructions issued by the Personnel Department on April 24, 2017, as per which a complete ban had been imposed on future contractual appointments against regular posts. The Cabinet noted that while 282 selections were made against the 462 sanctioned posts was completed by the erstwhile government, the process could not be completed due to imposition of the election code of conduct. Extension to quarkcity

“With respect to the revised agreement with Quarkcity India, the Cabinet approved its extension from November 3, 2023 to November 2, 2030, in line with the original agreement that was signed in year 2003 to create state-of-the-art industrial and urban infrastructure in the state in two phases. The revised agreement was signed for Phase-I of the project, which is under development at Mohali, where the promoter has already invested more than Rs 320 crore till date, out of required minimum fixed capital investment of Rs.500 crore as per agreement.

Loan for GGSR project

The Cabinet in principle agreed to the proposal for one-time adjustment of interest free loan of Rs 1,240 crore payable to Guru Gobind Singh Re finery Project, Bathinda, set up by HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) against deferred Central Sales Tax collected by HMEL. The modalities and financial implications of the move will be worked out by the Industry and Finance Departments. Chanarthal Kalan gets New tehsil

Keeping in view the inconvenience faced by the general public of Chanarthal Kalan, the Cabinet decided to create a new Sub-Tehsil at Chanarthal Kalan, covering 55 revenue villages. At present, Chanarthal Kalan is a part of Fatehgarh Sahib Tehsil. It was decided to create a separate sub-tehsil for Chanarthal Kalan as it is one of the largest villages in the state with a population of 3,784 as per the 2011 census. The Cabinet also approved to upgrade Sub-Tehsil Dinanagar to Sub Division/Tehsil in Gurdaspur covering 240 revenue villages.

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