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Supplementary budget passed in House; Govt tables four bills

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand assembly passed the Rs 4,063 crore supplementary budget on Tuesday, the second day of the ongoing winter session. Also, the state government tabled four bills in the House on the day. Through the supplementary budget, which was passed with voice vote, the government would seek a grant of Rs 2,071 crore under the revenue head and a grant of Rs 1,992 crore under the capital head from the assembly. The supplementary budget also has a provision of Rs 200 crore for Kumbh 2021. On the day, the state government tabled four bills — the Uttarakhand Public Services (Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections) (Amendment) Bill, 2020, in the House, The Uttarakhand (The Uttar Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1901) (Amendment) Bill 2020, The Uttarakhand Martyr’s Dependent Ex-Gratia Bill, 2020 and The Uttarakhand Subordinate Service Selection Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in the House. The debate on the four bills is scheduled for Wednesday. The Uttarakhand Martyr’s Dependent Ex-Gratia Bill, 2020, aims to provide one-time ex-gratia grant for livelihood in future to dependents, widows, parents of soldier of Defence Forces and Para military forces killed in war, border, skirmishes and internal security of Uttarakhand state. The Uttarakhand Public Services (Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections) (Amendment) Bill, 2020 has provision for filling any vacancy reserved for Economically Weaker Sections in case not filed due to non availability for a suitable candidate then, suitable candidate belonging to General Category in any recruitment year, by amending the section 3 of the Uttarakhand Public Services (Reservation for Economically Weaker Sections), Act, 2019. After the session, Speaker Prem Chand Aggarwal told reporters, “The supplementary budget was passed and four bills were tabled in the house. The debate on the four bills is scheduled for Wednesday.” Meanwhile, Congress MLAs came to the assembly with sugarcane in their hands as a mark of protest against the farm laws. However, the security forces at the assembly gate did not permit them to bring sugarcane inside the building premises. Congress legislators also demanded a debate on the issue of unemployment. Manoj Rawat, the Congress legislator from Kedarnath said, “Unemployment is a big issue being faced by the youth of the state and the incumbent government has failed them. Besides, we strongly oppose the new farm laws and demand justice for cane farmers.” While addressing the house, the parliamentary affairs minister said that 801 people were recruited from 2014 to 2017 through the state Subordinate Commission and the number for the same was 6,000 from 2017 to 2020. “At present, the process to provide jobs to 7,000 through the Subordinate Services Commission is underway. Around 7 lakh people have been directly or indirectly provided job opportunities by the state government,” said the minister. On the issue of sugarcane farmers, he said that the entire dues of all government and private sugar mills for 2019-20 have been cleared.

The Times of India

2020-12-23

Dehradun