The Punjab cabinet meeting on February 10 was held in Chandigarh under the chairmanship of CM Bhagwant Mann today (13 February), due to Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal called a meeting of Punjab MLAs in Delhi. Taking a big decision in this meeting, the government announced recruitment to 3,000 posts in various departments. Of these, 2,000 posts will be of PTI teachers, while 822 posts will be recruited in the Health Department. In addition, 6 new courts will be set up to resolve NRI cases.
Plan to repay the arrears of Sixth Pay Commission by 2028
After the cabinet meeting, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema told the press conference that the salary dues will be paid till 2028 in various stages under the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. However, he also said that if there is a provision in the budget, it will be paid first.
Along with this, the special session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly has been called on 24 and 25 February, in which pending bills and other important MLAs will be discussed. Cheema also said that the Aam Aadmi Party government has so far recruited more than 50,000 posts, which is providing employment to the youth in the state, and now new posts are being created.
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Demand for Ahmedabad
Harpal Singh Cheema also said that in cases of those who have returned to Punjab after being deployed from America, action is being taken on travel agents. When he was asked that another aircraft would reach Amritsar on 15 February, he said that the BJP government at the Center hates Punjabis. He demanded from the central government that the aircraft should be taken to Ahmedabad in Gujarat instead of Amritsar, as the people of Punjab are less in the ship and most from other states.
Cabinet meeting held after four months, pressure to fulfill promises
After losing power in Delhi, the Punjab state of the Aam Aadmi Party is left where it has government. In such a situation, this meeting was important. The government has not yet fulfilled the guarantee of giving women Rs 1,000 per month. CM Mann said after a meeting in Delhi that this guarantee would be met soon. The Punjab government had not held any cabinet meeting in the last four months. Since 8 October 2024, the cabinet meeting was continuously postponing as the party was busy in the Delhi elections and the leaders did not have to take any decision that led to the public’s displeasure. Now that the power in Delhi has gone out of hand, the AAP government has become active in fulfilling its old promises.
