Chandigarh: In its first Cabinet meeting on Saturday, the Punjab government led by Captain Amarinder attempted to set the tone for its five-yr rule in the state taking a number of decisions on important issues.
Briefing the media about decisions taken in the meeting, the poster boy of the new government Finance Minister Manpreet Badal said that the government had decided to uproot the VIP culture in the state. Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh too underlined this in a tweet saying that no one in the state including ministers, MLAs, and bureaucrats will put beacon lights on their vehicles.
My cabinet has decided to rid the state of VIP culture. All beacon lights to be removed from vehicles of Ministers, MLAs and bureaucrats.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) March 18, 2017
Presided over by Captain Amarinder Singh, the meeting also passed a decision to provide 33 percent reservation for women in all government jobs. This will go up to 50 per cent in all urbal local bodies.
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Badal said that the government will pass a vote on account in the Assembly for the time being and a proper budget will be presented in May this year.
He said that the post of DTO has been abolished by the government. The SDM will henceforth exercise the powers of the DTO office.
Regarding steps on waiver of farmer debt, Badal said that the government was constituting a special commitee to look into it. On an immediate basis, he said that banks or other collateral agencies will not be allowed to auction farmer land.
The Cabinet has decided to constitute a Special Task Force to do away with the drug menace in the state within four weeks by constituting a Special Task Force headed by IPS Harpreet Sidhu.
In all, the cabinet touched upon 140 agenda items during the meeting, Badal said.
Below are the other decisions taken by the cabinet:
1. Special steps to do away with mafias by using state machinary
2. Abolition of halqa incharge system
3. Reduction in liquor quote by 50 pc in five years
4. New transport policy to be announced next week, cartelization of transport to be checked
5. Single bus operators to be promoted
6. CM to meet PM on SYL soon
7. Commission of inquiry to look into false cases filed by last government