SHIMLA-30^th December, 2025

H.P. Cabinet Decisions

The State Cabinet in its meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu decided to fill up 53 posts of Assistant Professors and 121 posts of different categories in all the medical colleges of the State to strengthen the health sector. These posts include teaching and non-teaching faculties, para medical staff. In addition to this, the Cabinet also gave its approval to create 600 posts of Assistant Staff nurses through HP Rajya Chayan Aayog Hamirpur under Assistant Staff Nursing Policy.

It also gave nod to pay incentive @20 percent of basic pay for the faculty doctors who have acquired qualification of Doctorate of Medicine (DoM) and Master of Chirurgiae (Mch).

It also approved to fill up 40 vacant posts of Job Trainees, Junior Engineer (Civil) in Jal Shakti Vibhag.

It gave its approval to fill up 10 posts of Block Development Officer in Department of Rural Development through direct recruitment.

The Cabinet also approved to creation of dedicated Sub Cadre for CBSE schools with defined recruitment, training, tenure and performance evaluation norms in 100 identified schools of the State.

It decided to include children enrolled and studying in Tong-Len School, Dharamshala and children of Disabled parents either both or single surviving parent with disability of 70 percent or more under the ambit of Mukhya Mantri Sukh Aashray Yojna. It also decided to include those children under Sukh Ashray Yojna whose either one parent is dead and the other has left the children to grow for themselves.

The Cabinet gave nod to build a world class township on the border of Himachal and Chandigarh at Shitalpur.

It decided to amend in the Rule-3 of the Himachal Pradesh Real Estate (Regulation and Development Rules, 2017 to regulate and promote the real estate sector to bring transparency in the real estate business and speedy dispute redressal.

The Cabinet approved the proposal to utilize Skill Development Institution Building of Buildings and Other Construction Welfare Board at Palkwah Khas in Una district and SDRF will be shifted to this complex.

It approved a project proposal for resilient livelihoods, Sustainable Small Ruminant and Empowered Himalayan Shepherds under Pastoralists Employment in Himalayan Ecosystems for Livelihoods (PEHEL). The goal of the project is to ensure livelihoods, strengthening of rural economy, preservation of ecological balance in high altitude areas, to modernize pastoral practices, conserve indigenous breeds besides strengthening market linkages and value addition. New Act to be introduced for smooth movement of pastorals and all forest land and meadows to be opened for Gaddis livestock.

It decided to set up Milk Processing Plants at Nahan, Nalagarh, Mohal and Rohru, Milk Chilling Centre at Jalari in Hamirpur district, Bulk Milk Cooler at Jhalera, district Una and similar infrastructure at Karsog and Pangi by MILKFED and National Dairy Development Board.

It also approved Cash Credit Limit of Rs. 60 crore to the HP MILKFED limited to meet the enhanced working capital requirements arising due to increased milk procurement cost during the year 2025-26 and 2026-27. A separate account for milk cess will be opened so that regular milk payment could be made to the farmers.

The Cabinet gave its approval to adopt Functional Equivalence Model (FEM) treating posts of Assistant and Associate Professors in Applied Sciences and Humanities as functionally interchangeable across all five Government Engineering Colleges under the Directorate of Technical Education. The functional interchangeability shall not constitute transfer or deputation and all the existing sanctioned posts shall form one academic pool.

Approval was accorded to establish University of Multidisciplinary Institute of Innovation, Skill, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Research (MIISTER) at Ghumarwin in Bilaspur district on Public-Private Partnership mode to promote digitally skilled and entrepreneurial workforce.

The Cabinet approved the proposal to amend the Himachal Pradesh Land Preservation Act, 1978, to regulate the felling of dried chir trees which have dried due to natural calamities, disease or insect attack etc. with the approval of competent authority.

Approval was given to revise the Rajiv Gandhi Laghu Dukandar Sukh Kalyan Yojna-Shahri under which business loan upto Rs. 2 lakh availed by small shopkeepers declared as Non-Performing Assets by banks. The beneficiary shall be entitled for one time settlement assistance of upto rupees one lakh to be borne by the State Government.

It also approved shifting of headquarter of Himachal Pradesh State Commission for Backward Classes from Shimla to Dharamshala, district Kangra .

It also approved to set up Drug De-addiction Centre at Malot, Indora in district Kangra.

The Cabinet also gave its nod to grant relaxation for those under construction Lok Bhawans in any assembly constituency under Mukhya Mantri Lok Bhawan Yojna.

The Cabinet approved amendment in Swaran Jayanti Energy Policy-2021 according to which it is approved to extend the relaxation for levying free power royalty at reduced uniform rate of 12 percent free power plus one percent Local Area Development Fund (as already approved for projects where Implementation Agreements have not been signed) to projects with a capacity upto 25 MW where Implementation Agreements have already been signed, except for projects whose Power Purchase Agreements have already been executed with HPSEBL. This relaxation shall not be applicable to projects which already stand commissioned.

The Cabinet also approved re-allocation of equity power share in SJVNL projects (Nathpa Jhakri and Rampur Hydro Power Station) to the Government of Himachal Pradesh for further sale through Directorate of Energy, Himachal Pradesh.

The Cabinet gave its approval to provide employment to 28 incumbent on compassionate ground in Education Department.

It also approved modern commercial complexes at Mohal Mauja Panol Shahri and Auhar in Ghumarwin of Bilaspur district.

The Cabinet gave approval for the Himachal Pradesh Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness Project with French Development Agency for five years with an outlay of Rs. 892 crore.

He also granted approval for subsidy for purchase of 18-42 seater buses for deployment and operation as stage carriage services under Rajiv Gandhi Swarojgar Start Up Yojna.