PATNA: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the home department’s proposal to give a grade pay band of Rs 2,000-Rs 2,400-Rs 2,800 to home guard jawans on a par with police personnel with effect from January 1, 2006 in principle and January 21, 2010 in actual. The decision of the cabinet was hailed by functionaries of police associations.
The cabinet also approved the health department’s proposal to provide free treatment to the children born with hole in their hearts. The benefits will be availed under ‘Saat Nischay Yojna-part II’, which seeks to provide “additional health services to all”.
The cabinet decided to give relaxations in road tax to the commercial passenger vehicles registered in Bihar and the owners of commercial passenger vehicles plying in the state on permanent permit.
As per the cabinet decision, penalty on road tax of the vehicles under the said categories has been waived off and adjusted for a period of 63 days with effect from July 6, 2020 to September 6, 2020. In addition, the penalty on road tax of all such vehicles has also been waived off from March 21, 2020 to March 31, 2021.
The cabinet also decided to release Rs 130 crore for payment of remuneration to the executive assistants in gram panchayats under the panchayati raj department for 2020-21 financial year in anticipation of the approval for the same from the state finance commission.
The cabinet also approved the proposal to replace the divisional commissioners of the divisions concerned with principal secretary/secretary of the urban and housing department to expedite development works under Smart City Mission in Bhagalpur, Patna, Muzaffarpur and Biharsharif.
The cabinet approved the proposal to sanction Rs 178 crore from the state contingency fund for the payment of remuneration to newly-appointed employees on contact to carry out land survey. The survey of land is being done by the state land and reforms department under a special programme.
Altogether nine proposals were passed at Tuesday’s meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar.