The Cabinet chaired by CM Charanjit Channi today approved setting up of Punjab State General Category Commission for unreserved classes.
The commission would go a long way in safeguarding the interests of the unreserved classes, besides effective implementation of various welfare schemes for the benefit of the poor. The commission was a long-standing demand of employees belonging to general categories (unreserved classes) that their interests were not being protected and that the must constitute a commission on the pattern of Gujarat.
Besides, the Cabinet gave a go-ahead for exemption of the Motor Vehicle Tax for Stage carriage buses (Big & Mini Buses) and Contract Carriage vehicles less than 16-seater vehicles, relieving the transport sector from financial loss. Various representations were received from private transporters through which they highlighted that rising diesel prices had further deteriorated their condition.