Himachal Pradesh Monsoon Session likely to be held from Aug 27

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 25 : The monsoon session of Himachal Pradesh Assembly is expected to start from August 27 and continue till September 9.
"The State Cabinet in its meeting held here today under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu recommended the Governor to convene the Monsoon session of Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from 27th August to 9th September, 2024 at Shimla. It will have 10 sittings," as per a press release.
The Cabinet decided to create Police District Dehra with its headquarters at Dehra along with creation and filling up of 39 posts of different categories. It also decided to upgrade Police Posts Dadasiba and Majheen as Police Stations under SDPO Dehra and SDPO Jwalamukhi respectively. It also decided to create and fill up 17 posts each of different categories to make these Police Stations fully functional.
"Additionally, a new Police Post Jwalamukhi City and Police Post Moin have also been created with six posts each of different categories under Police Station Jwalamukhi and Dehra respectively. Furthermore, it was also decided to transfer the jurisdiction of Police Station Rakkar from SDPO Jwalamukhi to SDPO Dehra," as per the release.
The Cabinet gave its approval for procurement of apple, kinnow, malta, orange and mango fruits under Market Intervention Scheme at Rs. 12 per kg while the procurement rate for galgal would be Rs. 10 per kg. The apple procurement time will be from 20th July, 2024 to 31st October, 2024 and mango from 1st July, 2024 to 31st August, 2024 while kinnow, malta, orange and galgal would be procured from 21st November, 2024 to 15th February, 2025.
"The Cabinet has approved the merger of Government Primary Schools within a 2-kilometer radius and Government Middle Schools within a 3-kilometer radius, if they have five or fewer students. Additionally, 89 Government Primary Schools and 10 Middle Schools with zero enrollment will be closed. Teaching staff in the education department will be transferred annually at the end of the academic session. All teachers including Head Teachers, Centre Head Teachers, Headmasters and Principals will also teach the students," as per the release.
Moreover, the Cabinet mandated that all schools hold a morning assembly with the national anthem and that High and Senior Secondary Schools unfurl the national flag daily. Physical education will be a compulsory daily period in all schools and training in CPR and First Aid will also be provided in collaboration with the Health and Ayush Departments.
It put its seal to create SDPO office at Dharampur in Mandi district alongwith creation and filling up of five posts of different categories.
"The Cabinet gave its approval to create six posts of different categories for newly opened SDPO office Chuwari and 22 posts of various categories for newly opened Police Station Sihunta in Chamba district.
It gave its consent to create and fill up six posts of different categories in the newly opened SDPO Office Indora in Kangra district," as per the release.
It decided to create six posts of various categories for the newly opened Police Station Bhoranj in Hamirpur district.
The Cabinet also put its seal to create and fill up 31 posts of different categories for newly upgraded Police Station Manikaran at Kasol in Kullu district.
"It decided to fill up 116 posts of work Inspector in Jal Shakti Vibhag through direct recruitment.
It also decided to fill up 25 posts of Junior Technician (Work Inspector) in the Public Works Department.
It gave its approval to fill up 21 posts of Civil Judges through direct recruitment," as per the release.