{"id":1315,"date":"2025-04-05T19:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T19:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2025-04-05T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T19:58:22","slug":"himachal-cabinet-approves-regularisation-of-contractual-employees-major-boost-to-health-ev-infrastructure-and-state-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/?p=1315","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Cabinet Approves Regularisation of Contractual Employees, Major Boost to Health, EV Infrastructure, and State Revenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shimla, April 6, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 In a significant pro-employee move, the Himachal Pradesh Government<\/strong> has announced the regularisation of services for contractual, daily-wage, and contingent workers<\/strong> who have completed specific service tenures as of March 31, 2025<\/strong>. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contractual and Daily-Wage Workers to Benefit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Cabinet has approved:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Regularisation of contractual employees<\/strong> who have completed two years<\/strong> of continuous service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Regularisation of daily-wage and contingent paid workers<\/strong> who have served four years<\/strong> continuously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    This decision is expected to benefit thousands of workers across the state and strengthen the government workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Interim Contract for Hotel Wildflower Hall Finalised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    To prevent deterioration of state-owned properties, the Cabinet approved entering into a management service contract with East India Hotels Ltd<\/strong> for the interim operation of Hotel Wildflower Hall, Mashobra<\/strong>. The move ensures a monthly revenue of Rs 1.77 crore<\/strong> for the state until a permanent operator is chosen via competitive e-auction or bidding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Focus on Health Infrastructure and Free Diagnostic Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    The Cabinet accepted recommendations from the Rogi Kalyan Samiti sub-committee<\/strong>, headed by Health Minister Dhani Ram Shandil<\/strong>, for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Establishing high-tech laboratories<\/strong> in all government medical colleges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Free diagnostic services<\/strong>, including 133 lab tests and X-rays<\/strong>, for orphans, widows and their children, Ekal Nari, and destitute women<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • The number of beneficiary categories<\/strong> for free diagnostic services has increased from 11 to 14<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Additionally, the Cabinet approved the setting up of 50-bedded Critical Care Blocks<\/strong> at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Swahan Regional Hospital, Bilaspur<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Rohru Civil Hospital, Shimla district<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        EV Infrastructure to Get a Boost with 402 New Charging Stations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        In a move to support the adoption of electric vehicles<\/strong>, the Cabinet cleared a proposal to set up 402 new EV charging stations<\/strong> across government premises, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Rest houses<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Circuit houses<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Jal Shakti and PWD department buildings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • HPSEBL offices<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Offices of DCs, SPs, and other officials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          Stipend Hike for Medical Professionals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          In a bid to retain and encourage medical talent in government institutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Senior residents and tutor specialists<\/strong> will now receive a stipend of Rs 1,00,000<\/strong> (up from Rs 60,000\u201365,000).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Super specialists and senior residents<\/strong> will receive Rs 1.30 lakh<\/strong> monthly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            Additional Decisions: Revenue and Cleanliness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • Approval for re-auctioning of 400 remaining retail liquor vends<\/strong> individually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Endorsement of resource mobilisation proposals<\/strong> by a sub-committee chaired by Deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri<\/strong> to boost state revenue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Implementation of the Himachal Pradesh Open Places (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act, 1985<\/strong>, across all urban local bodies<\/strong>, including:\n
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              • 7 municipal corporations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 17 municipal councils<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • 23 nagar panchayats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                Shimla, April 6, 2025 \u2014 In a significant pro-employee move, the Himachal Pradesh Government has announced the regularisation of services for contractual, daily-wage, and contingent workers who have completed specific service tenures as of March 31, 2025. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Contractual and Daily-Wage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,23,24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"category-himachal","9":"category-politics"},"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-300x237.jpg",300,237,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"large":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"td_150x0":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-150x119.jpg",150,119,true],"td_218x150":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-218x150.jpg",218,150,true],"td_300x0":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-300x237.jpg",300,237,true],"td_324x400":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-324x363.jpg",324,363,true],"td_485x360":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-459x360.jpg",459,360,true],"td_696x0":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"td_1068x0":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"td_1920x0":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false],"td_265x198":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22-265x198.jpg",265,198,true],"td_741x486":["https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/22.jpg",459,363,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Praveen Soni","author_link":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/?author=2"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Shimla, April 6, 2025 \u2014 In a significant pro-employee move, the Himachal Pradesh Government has announced the regularisation of services for contractual, daily-wage, and contingent workers who have completed specific service tenures as of March 31, 2025. The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Contractual and Daily-Wage…","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeevaypunjab.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}