Shimla, Nov 23,2020
The Cabinet also decided that all the social or political or cultural or sports etc. (Open air) gatherings in open areas would be restricted to 200 persons with social distancing.
 It also decided that fine of Rs. 1000 be imposed for not wearing face mask in public places. All the buses in the State would ply with 50 percent of occupancy till 15th December.
It decided to hold the elections to the newly constituted Municipal Corporations of Mandi, Solan and Palampur with the elections of Dharamshala Municipal Corporation in the month of March/ April next year.
The Cabinet decided to locate headquarter of one Platoon of Home Guards Volunteers at Kaza in Lahaul- Spiti district, so that Home Guard volunteers were readily available to the local authorities to meet the any eventuality.
It gave its nod to create Patwar circle Brikhmani under Balh tehsil of Mandi district to facilitate the people of the area.
The Cabinet gave its consent to open new Jal Shakti Division at Amb by transferring Swan River Flood Management Project Division Haroli to Amb in Chintpurni Vidhan Sabha area of Una district.
It decided to allow contract farming by interested registered farmers on private land with Himachal Pradesh Nurseries Management Society under World Bank funded Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development Project for cultivation of fruit plants/tree nurseries/orchards/entry quarantine sites/poly houses/ green houses/ net houses/water storage/harvesting tanks/farm sheds/grading/pack houses etc.
It gave its consent to create and fill up four posts of Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in Pathology General Medicine and General Surgery Departments of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College Tanda.
The Cabinet gave its approval to fill up eight posts of different categories in Dr. Y.S. Parmar Horticulture and Forestry University Nauni, district Solan.
The Cabinet gave its nod to provide reservation to eligible widows less than 45 years of age for getting skill development allowance for their skill upgradation training subject to maximum period of 24 months.
It allowed relaxation in setbacks height of floors and buildings etc. in government projects. In case of private construction/ projects relaxation in setbacks, height of floors and buildings etc. may be considered by the competent authority keeping in view the site conditions.
The Cabinet gave its consent to open new Elementary Education Block office at Khundiyan in Kangra district by carving it out from Elementary Education Blocks Dehra and Rakkar.
It gave its nod to bring Shri Neelkanth Mahadev Kandapatan temple, tehsil Dharampur, district Mandi under Sub Section 1 of Section 29 of Himachal Pradesh Hindu Public Religious Institution and Endowment Act, 1984.
