The Himachal Cabinet in its meeting held here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu decided to constitute a Cabinet Sub Committee comprising Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri as Chairman and Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture Minister Chander Kumar and Rural Development & Minister Anirudh Singh as Members to formulate a White Paper on the financial position of the State.
It also decided to provide Rs. 1500 per month as Indira Gandhi Mahila Samman Nidhi to all the eligible Women of Spiti Valley including Chhomos/nuns from the age of 18 years and above.
The cabinet also gave its nod to introduce e-stamping in the State for the collection of stamp duty to promote Ease of Doing Business. It decided to stop printing physical stamp papers with immediate effect and to authorize Stamp Vendors as Authorized Collection Centres. It also gave its nod to continue with a dual system of stamps, i.e. physical stamp paper and e-stamp paper from 1st April, 2023 to 31st March, 2024 and after 1st April, 2024 physical stamp paper will be discontinued completely.
In another decision, the Cabinet decided to give Rs. 600 in lieu of school uniforms through DBT to all eligible students.It also decided to increase the honorarium of Nambardars in the Revenue Department from Rs. 3200 to Rs. 3700 per month as per the budget announcement, which will benefit about 3177 Nambardars in the State.