A cabinet meeting has started at the CM residence of the Punjab government.
Many important decisions were taken in the cabinet meeting held on Thursday, the cabinet of the Punjab government. During this time, the Chief Minister’s pilgrimage was approved to resume. Now people above 50 will be able to travel to free religious places. The government will bear all its expenses. Its
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At the same time, the mentorship program will start with 80 School of Eminence in the state. Under this, senior IAS and IPS will adopt schools for five. Apart from this, amendments made in the mining policy have been approved to provide cheaper rates to the people. Under this, now farmers will also be able to sell the sand of their fields. However, there will be a limit for excavation etc.
Will be able to travel many places including Ram temple
Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema informed that the Chief Minister’s Tirtha Yatra Scheme has been approved. Under this scheme, people aged 50 years or above will be traveled to religious places. The government has allocated a fund of Rs 100 crore for this scheme. Registration for the scheme will start at the end of April and trips will start from May.
The cabinet meeting took place at his residence in Chandigarh on Thursday at his residence under the chairmanship of CM Bhagwant Mann. In the meeting, it was told about the Chief Minister’s Tirtha Yojana that all the trips will be conducted by air -conditioned vehicles. The housing and food of the passengers will be arranged by the government. The list of pilgrimage sites including Shri Harmandir Sahib (Amritsar), Durgiana Temple and Ram Temple in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh will be finalized soon. Travel will be done through both bus and rail mediums.
School Mentarship Program will be started
Cheema said that the government established 118 School of Eminence to improve the education sector. 80 schools have been selected by the department in these School of Eminence. In which the school mentorship program has been launched, under which the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) officials will adopt one school each for five. They will go to schools and meet children. This will establish their emotional relationship with schools. Guiding the students will develop the spirit of going to the civil service and the service of the country. Politics was hot on cabinet meeting
The political atmosphere was hot in the month of February about the cabinet meeting of the Punjab government, as no cabinet meeting was held after October 2024. The reason behind this was that first panchayat elections and then civic elections had come. This was followed by Delhi elections. But just before the meeting, the party’s national convenor called a meeting of MLAs in Delhi. Opposition parties surrounded him on this.