From Sandeep Sharma
GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet on Wednesday decided to appoint a Police Commission to be headed by retired IAS officer Himangshu Sekhar Das and former DGP PV Sumant for three months to recommend measures for the improvement of policing system, their activities and deployment in the state.
Both of them will get the status of chief secretary.
As a part of the state government’s decision to appoint one lakh youth in government jobs, the cabinet has decided to start the process to fill up 15 thousand vacant posts in Assam Police. The process will start from September 15.
The cabinet decided to create five new battalions of Assam Police. 6270 youth will be appointed in these battalions.
The cabinet has decided to attach printing and stationery with the information and public relations department. Henceforth, the department will be known as Information, public relations, printing and stationery.
The cabinet has also decided to attach the public enterprise department with the industries and commerce department.
It was also decided by the cabinet to attach the passport department with the home department.
In addition to this, the cabinet has decided to enhance the monthly amount of sports pension from the existing Rs. 8000 to Rs. 10,000.
The cabinet has decided to provide sports pension to the medal winners of Commonwealth and National Games.
The medal winners of Olympic, Commonwealth and Asian Games will get Class I government jobs, whereas medal winners of Recognised World Championship will get Class II government jobs and medal winners of National Games will get Class III government jobs.
The cabinet also decided to waive off land premium for Sankardev Nethralaya.
Another decision taken was that the newly constituted Autonomous Council’s chairman, deputy chairman, chief executive members will be entitled to the same salary in the pattern that functionaries of the existing Autonomous Councils are getting.
