Important Decisions of Uttarakhand Cabinet

• 04 May 2023

Why in News? 

On 03 May 2023, the cabinet of Uttarakhand approved several other important proposals along with approving SETU (State Institute for Empowering and Transforming Uttarakhand) in Uttarakhand on the lines of NITI Aayog.

Key Points

• It is worth mentioning that on the completion of one year of the state government in March 2023, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the Chief Minister's Skill Upgradation and Global Employment Scheme.
• Now, under this scheme, ANM, GNM pass youth will be given employment in Germany, Japan etc. for nursing, caring for the elderly and hospitality. For this, proposals have been received from 11 institutions. The government will bear 20 percent of the total expenditure incurred by the selected youth for learning a foreign language.
• Apart from this, if any youth takes a loan for the expenses of training, visa and air ticket, then the government will bear 75 percent of the interest of the loan up to Rs 1 lakh.
• SETU will work under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister. Its vice-chairman will be the planning minister, or a minister nominated by the chief minister. In this, an external expert will be placed in the post of Chief Executive Officer. The post of Additional Chief Executive Officer will be an officer of the level of Additional Secretary.
• In this, Rs 2 crore will be funded from the centre every year. In this expert will be taken from outside for 3 Centers for Economy & Social Development, Center for Public Policy & Good Governance and Center for Evidence-Based Planning along with 6 Consultants for Economic & Employment, Social Infrastructure, Public Policy & Good Governance, Urban & Semi-Urban Development, Statistics & Data, Monitoring & Evaluation. 
• It has also been decided in the cabinet decision that a site selection committee under the chairmanship of DM will be constituted in every district to find land for any school, hospital etc.
• On this occasion, the cabinet has approved Chief Minister Uttarakhand State Livestock Mission in the state.
• Under this, 125 world-class veterinary hospitals will be built, while the computerization of 575 veterinary hospitals will be done. Horse mules will also encourage entrepreneurship. Now the purchase of a horse mule has also been included in this.
• Under this, a 9 percent subsidy will be given on the loan interest for buying milch animals, sheep, goats, and hens as well as horses & mules for business.
• The cabinet has approved the Uttarakhand Fodder Policy 2023. Under this, a provision has been made to spend Rs 66 crore to promote green and dry fodder production.
• This policy will be for five years. Under this, 10 straw storage houses will be built.
• A Corpus fund will be created for an uninterrupted supply of fodder in the state in case of natural calamity.
• As of now, the government pays Rs 2 per kg to the Pirul collectors in the state. By increasing this, now Rs 3 per kg will be paid under this.
• The cabinet has approved the formation of the Human-Wildlife Conflict Prevention Cell in the state.  
• While this cell will find out the causes of human-wildlife conflict and suggest its redressal to the government, compensation will also be made available immediately on the occurrence of human-wildlife conflict. For this, a corpus fund of two crore will be created.