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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