Punjab cabinet extends the policy duration, engaged in granting plots to riot victims

Chandigarh, February 18: The Punjab government has decided to extend till December 2021 the time period of a policy under which victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and terror attacks in the state get a reservation in allotment of plots or houses by Urban Estates, Improvement Trust and Pepsu Township Development Board.

 

The cabinet meeting held yesterday chaired by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has decided that the time limit of the policy that expired on December 31, 2016, has been extended till the end of December 2021, an official release said.

Punjab Council of Ministers decided to extend 5% reservation in allotment of plots, houses by Urban Estates, Improvement Trust, Pepsu Township Development Board to the victims of '84 riots & terror attacks in Punjab, without any financial concession, for five more years.

Procurement to get more efficient, Punjab Cabinet gave its nod to "The Punjab Food Grains Transportation Policy 2019-20" for transportation of food grains from mandis to its storage points at minimum rates through competitive tenders from various transporters.

The Punjab Council of Ministers cleared the presentation of the Budget Estimates for 2019-20, along with various accounts and CAG audit reports, in the ongoing budget session of the Vidhan Sabha.

Procurement to get more efficient; Punjab Cabinet gave its nod to "The Punjab Food Grains Transportation Policy 2019-20" for transportation of food grains from mandis to its storage points at minimum rates through competitive tenders from various transporters.

The Punjab Cabinet also approved filling up of 153 vacant sanctioned direct quota posts of 42 professors, 46 associate professors and 65 assistant professors in the Government Medical Colleges at Amritsar and Patiala.

The Cabinet paved the way for the revival of the traditional annual bullock cart races at the Kila Raipur Rural Sports. The Cabinet gave the green signal to present the 'Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2019'.