Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to close down 89 Government Primary Schools and 10 Middle Schools with zero enrollments and merge Government Primary and Middle Schools within a 2-3 kilometer radius with five or fewer students. ,
The State Cabinet in its meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Shimla on Thursday also decided to transfer the teaching staff only once in a year and involve all teachers from Head Teachers, Head Masters to School Principals in teaching in schools adequate teaching staff in not available .
It decided to create Police District Dehra with its headquarters at Dehra and upgraded police posts Dadasiba and Majheen to police stations, besides establishing new policed post at Jawalamukhi and Moin .
The Cabinet approved a Market Intervention Scheme to procure apples, kinnow, malta, oranges, and mangoes at Rs. 12 per kg, and galgal at Rs. 10 per kg. Apple procurement will run from July 20 to October 31, 2024, and mango from July 1 to August 31, 2024. Kinnow, malta, orange, and galgal procurement will occur from November 21, 2024, to February 15, 2025.
A new SDPO office will open at Dharampur in Mandi district, and additional posts will be created for SDPO offices in Chuwari and Indora, and for Police Stations in Sihunta, Bhoranj, and Manikaran at Kasol.
The Cabinet also approved the recruitment of 116 Work Inspectors for Jal Shakti Vibhag and 25 Junior Technicians for the Public Works Department. It also approved the hiring of 21 Civil Judges and the creation of a Public Works Department Circle at Dehra and Division at Jwalamukhi.
Further decisions include creating a Jal Shakti Vibhag Division at Dharampur, a sub-division at Parwanoo, and reorganizing the Electrical Division at Haroli in Una district. A new Block Medical Office will open at Jaisinghpur, and the Development Blocks Pragpur, Nagrota Surian, and Dehra will be reorganized.
The Cabinet also approved filling 16 posts in the Tourism and Civil Aviation Department, 10 Treasury Officers, and several posts in medical colleges.
A three-month extension for the use of physical stamp papers was also approved, along with the formation of three Cabinet Sub Committees to address various issues. Additionally, the MoU with Alliance Air Aviation Limited for Shimla-Dharamshala-Shimla flights was extended until June 30, 2025.
