Punjab Cabinet okays separate cadres for SCERT, DIET personnel ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 22:57 IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], December 30 (ANI): To enhance efficiency in the functioning of the Directorate of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) and District Institutes of Education Training (DIETs), the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday gave approval for the creation of separate cadres of their personnel.
It has been decided to notify separate rules for personnel of SCERT/DIETs, an official spokesperson said after the Cabinet meeting, which accepted the proposal mooted by the School Education department in this regard.
No end to sluggish approach in appointment of Ombudsmen under GoIâs flagship scheme Latest panel too fails to complete exercise since July
Mohinder Verma
JAMMU, Dec 27: Incredible it may sound but it is a fact that even after framing of numerous committees of bureaucrats during the past over one decade, Ombudsmen under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) could not be appointed in Jammu and Kashmir although the same have an important role to play in ensuring utmost transparency in the implementation of this flagship scheme.
What to talk of committees framed by the successive Governments of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir even the latest panel constituted by Union Territory administration has failed to complete the exercise despite lapse of several months as a result of which vital point of guidelines has remained unimplemented till date.
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License for the DTH will be issued for a period of 20 years in place of the present 10 years.
License fee has been revised from 10% of GR to 8% of AGR. AGR will be calculated by deduction of GST from GR.
Cabinet approved major changes in Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (PMS-SC)’.
New Delhi: The Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday (December 23, 2020) announced that the Cabinet has approved a revision in the guidelines for providing Direct-To-Home (DTH) services in India. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also approved major and transformative changes in the Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Post Matric Scholarship to students belonging to Scheduled Castes (PMS-SC)’ to benefit more than four crore SC students in the next five years so that they can successfully complete their higher education.
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Cabinet okays merger of four film media units with NFDC
December 23, 2020
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar briefing the media on the Cabinet decisions - Vijay Verma
Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar briefing the media on the Cabinet decisions - Vijay Verma×
Ordinance for extending provisions of NCT of Delhi Laws also gets nod
The Union Cabinet has approved the merger of four film media units, including Films Division, Directorate of Film Festivals, National Film Archives of India, and Children s Film Society, India, with the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) Ltd.
In its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet also approved an Ordinance for extending the provisions of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (to be sent to the President for his consent), signing of revised air services agreement with Philippines and Afghanistan and the transformatory changes in post-Matric scholarship for Scheduled Caste candidates