Uttarakhand Cabinet Drives Reform with Key Decisions on Pay, UCC, and Homestay Regulation

The Uttarakhand Cabinet made significant decisions, approving equal pay for UPNL employees, amending the UCC, regulating homestays, providing state guarantees for sugar mill loans, renaming the Sanskrit Academy, subsidizing 'anti-hail nets', and launching eco-fuel pilot projects.

The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved a groundbreaking series of decisions aimed at propelling state development. Equal pay for Uttarakhand Purv Sainik Kalyan Nigam Limited employees, contingent on ten years of service, was greenlit alongside an ordinance to amend the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

Robust new regulations for homestays and B&B establishments were introduced, allowing only permanent residents to benefit. The Cabinet also passed a guarantee for sugar mill loans, aiming to revitalize this crucial sector.

Key cultural and environmental initiatives include renaming the Uttarakhand Sanskrit Academy, increasing the state's subsidy for horticultural anti-hail nets, and launching a pilot project for converting mule dung into eco-friendly fuel at Kedarnath Dham.

(With inputs from agencies.)