Retirement Age 60 to 62 : Cabinet enhances retirement age of teaching faculties to 62
Cabinet enhances retirement age of teaching faculties to 62 - Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR,
June 19: In yet another major decision ahead of the Assembly elections,
State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah, here this afternoon, enhanced the retirement age of teaching
faculties of the Universities of Kashmir/ Jammu, SKUAST, Kashmir/ Jammu
and Government Medical Colleges, Srinagar/ Jammu from 60 years to 62
years.
The announcement in this regard was made by the Chief
Minister during the Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers conference at Jammu few
days back and the same received the Cabinet’s approval today.
The
Cabinet also approved the reckoning of the five years of service
rendered by Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers before regularization, for the
purpose of fixing their seniority and counting such service, notionally,
for pension and other retirement benefits, wherever applicable.
It
was also decided that after regularization the services of
Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers will be transferable within the district to
which they belong.
The Cabinet also approved the setting up of a
one-man commission headed by Justice (Rtd) M L Koul to enquire into the
circumstances, leading to deaths by firing, or otherwise, in law and
order situations in different districts of Kashmir valley, during 2010.
The
Commission of enquiry will also enquire into the adequacy, or
otherwise, of the force used, fix responsibility, wherever excessive
force has been used, resulting in fatalities, and where due care has not
been taken to avoid such fatalities, suggest measures to avoid the
recurrence of such incidents in future and recommend the action to be
taken against those found responsible in any such incidents.
The
Commission will submit its report to the Government within a period of
three months from the date of issuance of the notification in this
regard.
The Cabinet also approved the recommendations of J&K
State Commission of Backward Classes for inclusion of 38 villages in the
list of Backward Areas.
The villages include Balsaroo, Godhan,
Kadyal, Lathari, Mawa, Brahmina, Majoor, Sandal and Sumah of tehsil
Akhnoor and district Jammu, Dragu, Tehsil Bhaderwah district Doda,
Rajool, Kummi, Partyal, Padal, Deon, Mohargarh, Talhar, Kathar-Brahmana
and Dhergarh of tehsil and district Samba, Pamrote and Fazalabad of
tehsil Surankote and Gursai of tehsil Mendher district Poonch, Lower
Bhatian of tehsil Thannamandi, Dehri Ralyote of tehsil Rajouri, hamlet
Charung of village Hasplote, Hasyote, Rajdhani, Saim Sammat, Dodason
Payeen, hamlet Ghaikhakha of village Dodasan and hamlet Remote of
village Dodasan Balla of tehsil Thannamandi district Rajouri, Audsoo,
Ganoora and Lalan of tehsil Anantnag, Odina of tehsil Sonawari district
Bandipora, Sehpora tehsil Anantnag, Watalbagh tehsil Ganderbal,
Khanpoora and Sheikhzoo of tehsil Lar district Ganderbal.
In
another important decision, the Cabinet approved formation of Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for development of the Coal Block at
KudnaliLaburi, (Talcher) in Odisha allocated jointly to JKSPD & NTPC
by the Union Ministry of Coal.
The SPV Board of Directors will
be comprised of five Directors including Administrative Secretary PDD
J&K, who will be the Chairperson of the Board of Directors. The
approval also includes signing of Joint Venture Agreement by the J&K
SPDC & NTPC besides setting up of End Use Power Plant in Odisha
with NTPC.
The allocation of the Coal Block is a major
achievement for Jammu and Kashmir, which suffers from energy deficit
especially during winter season when the generation of power through
various HEPs decreases significantly owing to low discharge in the
rivers.
The State Government with this major initiative will be
able to establish a dedicated base load Thermal Power Station which
would effectively wipe out the current energy deficit of nearly 28 per
cent and improve the reliability of power supply round the year.
The
decision is in line with the broader policy of the State Government
under the leadership of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to make the State
energy sufficient by harnessing huge hydro potential available to the
State along with the Solar and Thermal Power.
Within next five
years, the State Government expects that these efforts will prove to be
fruitful for the people and will give major boost to the economy of the
State.
The creation of Local Area Development Fund (LADF) for all
Hydro-Electric Projects commissioned during and after 2008 with
contribution of 1 % free power generated by the project allocated to
State for the purpose by all hydro-electric projects also received the
nod of Cabinet.
The State Government will also facilitate 1 % by
way of Development Grants. A special provision for creation of LADF has
been made under the State Hydro Power Policy to carry out Local
Development Activities to ensure visible additional benefit to local
communities in the project area as part of the cost of the project.
It
also approved recasting of Section 185-A(2) of the J&K Water
Resources (Regulation & Management) Act, 2010 so that the fund, so
created, will be operated upon by the Administrative Secretary, Finance
Department, for the purpose of being utilized for the establishment of
hydel projects, hydro-electric projects, multi purpose hydro-electric
projects, buying back hydro-electric power projects, already established
in the State, capital investment in the electric transmission and
distribution network within the territory of the State, and the purchase
of power by the State Government or its entities, with the prior
approval of the Government.
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