In a first, Himachal cabinet of ministers to meet daily for 4 days from July 28
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Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh govt has decided to convene cabinet meetings continuously for four days from July 28. These meetings of the council of ministers, headed by chief minister
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
, will be held at the state secretariat daily for two hours from 12 noon.
This will be the first time in the state's history that cabinet meetings will be held continuously for four days.
The council of ministers is expected to clear the special disaster relief package for the monsoon disaster-hit areas and also deliberate on the schedule for the forthcoming monsoon session of the legislative assembly.
The cabinet is also likely to discuss the minimum support price for apples under the market intervention scheme, increase in the retirement age of the state govt employees, reservation roster for the urban local bodies' elections, new job trainee recruitment policy, shifting of horticulture and forestry college from Thunag in Mandi district, Rajiv Gandhi Van Samvardhan Yojana for plantation on barren land, vehicle scrap policy, and recruitment of employees in various govt departments, among other agendas.
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