Rs 226 crore for rubber dam on Falgu river

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PATNA: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs226 crore for the construction of a rubber dam on the Falgu near Vishnupad Temple in Gaya to retain water in the river throughout the year. It was also decided to provide 30 acres of land to the Dalai Lama Trust to set up an institute at Bodh Gaya.
Cabinet secretariat department’s principal secretary Sanjay Kumar said the cabinet cleared 49 agendas in the meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar.
The cabinet also gave its nod to education department’s proposal to provide benefit of the 7th Pay Commission to the teachers and non-teaching staff of minority high schools. Education department’s additional chief secretary RK Mahajan said two proposals of his department were cleared by the cabinet.
“Teachers and non-teaching staff of 72 minority high schools will be given the benefit of the 7th Pay Commission. Altogether 1,050 employees will be benefited,” said Mahajan.
The cabinet also allowed the education department to release Rs249 crore for financial assistance to 93 private colleges in the state.
In order to promote agriculture based industries, the cabinet approved Bihar Agriculture Investment Promotion Policy, 2020. It also decided to give incentives to the investors involved in wood based industries.
Incentives to MBBS interns, PG students: The MBBS interns and PG students will get an additional one month’s salary. This decision was taken by the cabinet on Tuesday. As of now, all medical staff and doctors were being given additional one month’s salary for working in the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
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