The State Cabinet in its meeting held here on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur decided to enhance the honorarium of part time water carriers engaged in Elementary and Higher Education Departments from Rs. 2400 to Rs. 2700 per month.
The Cabinet also decided to provide a monthly ‘Loktantra Prahari Samman Rashi’ of Rs. 8000 per month to those persons who have undergone 1-15 days incarceration and Rs. 12000 per month to those who have undergone 15 days or above incarceration during emergency between 25th June, 1975 to 21st March, 1977 under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and Defence of India Rules (DIR) as token of respect for standing up for the democracy and fundamental rights of the people.
It also gave its nod to the draft policy for engaging Part Time Multi Task Workers in government schools and would initially provide Rs 31.25 per hour honorarium to 7852 unemployed candidates at local level for ten months.
The Cabinet gave its consent to establish a training academy for candidates keen to join Army and Para-military services at Barchwad in Sarkaghat area of Mandi district .
It has decided to open new Horticulture Division in Public Works Department at Shimla to help building green roads by planting trees alongside the roads.
With a view to provide flexibility to the employer in order to meet the challenges of globalization and methods of doing businesses, besides benefitting the workers, the State Cabinet approved the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Himachal Pradesh (Amendment) Rules, 2019.
This would extend the provision of ‘Fixed Term Employment Workman’ in respect of industrial establishments under their domain as per provisions of Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946 and Rules made thereafter. This would give the ‘Fixed Term Employment Workman’ the same statutory benefits as were being given to regular workers in a proportionate manner and thus decrease exploitation of contract workers as the employer would directly hire the workers without any mediator in the form of contract for a fixed term.
The state Cabinet gave its approval to Himachal Pradesh Ease of Compliance to Maintain Register under various Labour Laws, Rules, 2019.
It decided to lease out Skill Development Institute at Palkwah in Tehsil Haroli of Una district to Indian Institute of Information Technology.