Bishan Singh Chufaal BJP's Uttarakhand State Unit Head

Rajnath singh appointed Bishan Singh Chufaal as the new head of BJP's state unit for uttarakhand after accepting Bacchi Singh Rawat's resignation on the directive of the party. With this acton he become the second senior leader after former chief minister B C Khanduri in the state to face action for the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha polls last May. The action was taken after the declaration of poll results. In Uttarakhand, the party lost all the five seats.

Industrial Expo-Uttarakhand

Industrial Expo-Uttarakhand - Is an industrial product based 4 days exhibition going to be held on 05-Nov-09 at Janta Inter College, Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, India. For more details like visitors profile, exhibitiors, organizers and other log on at www.inuttarakhand.com/trade-fairs/uttarakhand-trade-exhibitions.html

Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand

Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal is the new Chief Minister Of Uttarkhand. For more details see uttarakhand news
section of inuttarakhand.com a complete informative guide on uttarakhand

Sixth Pay Commission in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Government has decided to extend the privilege of the Sixth Pay Commission to all government-aided school staff both teaching and non-teaching. This will benefit 7,200 teachers and 4,000 non-teaching staff of government-aided schools besides pensioners. The Uttarakhand cabinet also decided to accept the demands of the state government employees for grade pay and approved the Assured Career Progression (ACP) scheme under which an employee would get a higher grade after every 10 years in service in case no promotion was given during the period.

In public announcement, it has benn said that all government employees working in border areas would be given hill development allowance which was earlier not being given to them as they were getting border area allowance. Areas would be identified which are higher that 1,000 metres and allowance would be paid which would range between Rs 150 and Rs 540 in accordance with the grade pay, said Pandey. Valleys located over a height of 1,000 metres but lower in altitude would also be included.

Rs 14.16 Crore to Uttarakhand Sugarcane Farmers

In an official statement, to clear the dues of sugarcane farmers, Uttarakhand Government has released an amount of Rs 14.16 crore. This amount is the second and final installment to the six Government and cooperative sugar mills in the State. The Government had already paid Rs 42.13 crore in themonth of October as the first installment for the last crushing season of 2007-08. With this, all the dues to the amount of Rs 56.29 crore of farmers for the last crushing season has been cleared. The Government has also directed all the sugar mills to ensure full payment to farmers this season also.