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Cabinet Decisions

MORE EMPOWERMENT TO PEOPLE

Recent cabinet decisions will not only make local self government a reality

for people of J&K but decisions like bonus to the Central Government

employees and procurement of Ethanol for Oil Marketing Companies will
help inflow of more liquidity into the market to give a boost to the economy

DECISION: Approved adoption of Jammu
and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989, so as to
introduce three-tier local self government.
BENEFITS: The move will help establish all three
tiers of grassroots-level democracy in Jammu
and Kashmir. It will be directly elected by the
people in the Union Territory as in other parts of
the country. There will be early elections in J & K
in all the three tiers of the panchayat, block and
district level. The three-tier system did not exist DECISION: Mechanism approved for
in J & K in the pre-370 period. Thus, people there procurement of ethanol by Public Sector Oil
did not have the opportunity to elect their local Marketing Companies.
representatives. BENEFITS: This decision will benefit
Sugarcane Farmers and Ethanol producers.
DECISION: Approved Rs 3,737 Crore bonus for The new price fixed for Ethanol produced
over 30 Lakh Government employees. from sugar is Rs 62.65 per litter. Ethanol
BENEFITS: Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) manufactured from 'B' heavy molasses has
for the year 2019–20 will be given to 16.97 been fixed at Rs 57.61 per litter. Ethanol
Lakh Non-Gazetted employees of commercial manufactured from 'C' heavy molasses has
establishments like Railways, Posts, Defence, been fixed at Rs 45.69 per litter. There was
EPFO, ESIC, etc. It will amount to Rs 2,791 Crore. a supply of 38 Crore litters of Ethanol to oil
Non-PLB or ad-hoc Bonus will be given to companies in 2014 that has gone up to 195
13.70 Lakh Non-Gazetted Central Government Crore litters last year. Ethanol helps reducing
employees costing Rs 946 Crore to the air pollution and saves foreign exchange
Government. The decision, with a total financial besides increasing income of farmers.
implication of Rs 3,737 Crore, will benefit a total
of 30.67 Lakh employees.
status. The MoC will help in cooperation between
DECISION: Cabinet approves MoC with Japan on two countries in fields like 5G network, telecom
bilateral cooperation in the field of Information security, Submarine cable, standard certification
and Communication Technologies. of communication equipment, utilization of latest
BENEFITS: The MoC will strengthen bilateral Wireless Technologies and ICTs, ICTs capacity
cooperation and mutual understanding in the building, Public Protection and Disaster Relief,
field of communications. It will serve as a strategic Artificial Intelligence / Block Chain, Spectrum
initiative for India as Japan is an important partner Chain, Spectrum Management, Cooperation on
with “Special Strategic and Global Partnership” Multilateral platforms etc.

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