After the formation of NITI Aayog at the Center in the year 2014, instructions were given to the states to form a similar commission. After all, now Uttarakhand has decided to set up a bridge like NITI Aayog.
The cabinet has given green signal to the establishment of State Institute for Empowering and Transforming Uttarakhand (SETU) like NITI Aayog in the state. SETU will replace the State Planning Commission. The Chief Minister will be its chairman and the planning minister will be its vice-chairman.
Three centers will be formed under the institution. Economic and Social Development Center, Public Policy and Good Governance Center and Evidence-based Planning Center will be set up in these. In these three centres, two each i.e. a total of six counselors will be appointed.
After the formation of NITI Aayog at the Center in the year 2014, instructions were given to the states to form a similar commission. After all, now Uttarakhand has decided to set up a bridge like NITI Aayog. The Chief Executive Officer and Additional Chief Executive Officer for the bridge will be appointed from outside.
Chief Secretary, all Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Agricultural Production Commissioner, Infrastructure Development Commissioner, Social Development Commissioner, Planning Secretary and Finance Secretary will be full time members in the committee. Eight cells will work under this. These include Asset Monetization, External Finance Aided, Government of India Budget Cell, Budget Planning
Cell, Central Government Communication Cell, Expenditure Finance Cell, Technical Advisory Committee and Budget Cell are included. Planning Secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram said that the Center for Economic and Social Development will identify growth driver areas with potential for employment generation including agriculture and allied sectors, industries, MSI, RD, tourism.
The Center for Public Policy and Good Governance will contribute to effectively design and implement government schemes and policies. Will ensure suitable administrative and institutional reforms to fulfill the aspirations of the people. Along with this, planning will also be done for urban and semi-urban areas.
For evidence-based planning, the center will work for better use of statistics and analysis, research and monitoring of data. Eligibility conditions have also been fixed for Economic Advisor, Chief Executive Officer and Additional Chief Executive Officer and Advisor.
29 crore loan to Bajpur Sugar Mill The cabinet approved taking a loan of 29 crore for the modernization of Bajpur Cooperative Sugar Mill. The government will guarantee this loan. As per the orders of the Central Pollution Control Board, New Delhi and Uttarakhand Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board, Dehradun, the production of alcohol in the distillery of Bajpur Sugar Mill has been completely stopped since January 23, 2017.
This is affecting the financial condition of the mill. It was decided to modernize the distillery of the mill to make it operational again at a capacity of 25 kiloliters per day. The cabinet approved creation of two posts for Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Institute of Financial Administration, Training and Research, Uttarakhand, Dehradun under the Finance Department for the purpose of imparting training to all departments and secretariat level personnel on finance, accounting and other subjects in the state. given.
With the creation of posts of full-time lecturer and researcher, the works of the institute can be edited in a better way. Amendment in Treasury Rules The Cabinet has taken an important decision keeping in view the promotion of the employees who are being affected by the dead cadre of Accounts Clerk under the Treasury Department.
District-wise 17 posts have been reserved for regular and permanent assistants, who have passed Inter-Commerce or equivalent examination or B.Com and have completed 10 years of continuous service on the post of assistant, against 326 posts of assistant accountant. In this regard, approval was given to amend the Treasury Rules. Inset Tributes paid to Chandan Ram Das The cabinet condoled the demise of Cabinet Minister Chandan Ram Das before the commencement of the meeting. Tributes were also paid by keeping silence for two minutes.
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