HARYANA GOVT GIVES NOD TO MANY PROPOSALS AND PROJECTS IN CABINET MEETING

Haryana cabinet which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here in Wednesday gave nod to many proposals and projects. Among these, with a view to encourage the sportspersons of Haryana especially those who are not economically well-off, but have qualified for participation in Olympic Games, the Haryana Government has decided to grant preparation money of Rs 5 lakh to such sportspersons who have qualified for the Olympic Games for the purpose of better diet, training and capacity. 

Besides the cabinet approved a proposal for the replacement of the Haryana Outstanding Sportspersons (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2018 with the Haryana Outstanding Sportspersons (Group A, B & C) Service Rules-2021.With the introduction of new Haryana Outstanding Sportspersons (Group A, B & C) Service Rules-2021 a separate cadre will be created to promote sports in the state. For this, 50 posts of Group-A (Deputy Director), 100 posts of Group-B (Senior Coach), 150 posts of Group-B (Coach) and 250 posts of Group-C (Junior Coach) have been got sanctioned.

The Upper age limit is also reduced from 50 years to 42 years. Beside this, some new tournaments have been included in the new rules such as South Asian Games, National Games, Ranji Trophy, etc. The outstanding sportspersons will be eligible to apply for the post within ten years of their sports achievement or upto the age of 42, whichever is earlier.

The provisions have been made for the promotions of the outstanding sportspersons appointed under these rules. Besides this, a provision has been made for granting monthly stipend to the outstanding sportspersons on the basis of their achievements in various sports tournaments of international level, for which separate notification will be issued especially Para Olympics, Asian Para Games, Common Wealth Para Games,  World University Games, South Asian Games and four years Blind Cricket World Cup. 

Apart from this, the Cabinet  accorded approval for the withdrawal of ‘The Haryana Prohibition of Change of Public Utilities Bill, 2018’.Now after the approval of the state cabinet, the matter will be placed before the state Legislature Assembly to pass a resolution for withdrawal of the said Bill.

Cabinet also  approved the proposal of Cooperation Department for providing state government guarantee for availing term loan of Rs.113.03 crore by HAFED from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for construction of 2.72 lakh MT capacity godowns at 16 locations in eight districts of the state so as to further strengthen the storage system.