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Non-gazetted railway staff to get 78 days of productivity linked-bonus, as per a Cabinet decision taken on Wednesday. This was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
Centre approves transfer of ITDC hotels to Rajasthan, Karnataka Governments
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the transfer of Indian Tourism Development Corporation Limited’s hotels to state governments.
In an official statement, the government said that Hotel Jaipur Ashok in Jaipur will be transferred to the government of Rajasthan. The Lalitha Mahala Palace Hotel in Mysore will be transferred to the Government of Karnataka.
The Cabinet also approved the divestment of ITDC’s 51 per cent equity shares in Donyi Polo Ashok Hotel Corporation Limited. The disinvestment will be in favour of the Arunachal Pradesh state government. The government said that the disinvestment policy has been formulated keeping in view that running and managing hotels on professional lines is not the job of the government or its entities.
Revamp of Khelo India
The Cabinet also approved the revamp of the Khelo India – National Programme for Development of Sports. An official statement said that the estimated outlay for the scheme is Rs 1,756 crore from financial year 2017-2018 to 2019-2020. Each athlete selected under the scheme will get a scholarship of Rs 5 lakh per annum for eight years. The government also aims to set up 20 universities across the country as hubs of sporting excellence.
Merger of printing presses
The Cabinet also approved the merger and modernisation of 17 Government of India Presses (GIPs) into five GIPs. These five will be at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Minto Road and Mayapuri in New Delhi, Nashik in Maharashtra and Temple Street in Kolkata.
Special Industry Initiative for Jammu and Kashmir
A Special Industry Initiative for Jammu and Kashmir called Udaan has been extended by a year to December 31, 2018 after the Cabinet’s nod. The aim of the scheme is to skill and employee youth in the state with corporate houses.
According to an official statement, 109 leading Corporate have partnered with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under UDAAN with a commitment to train youth from the State covering Organized Retail, Banking, Financial Services, IT, ITES, Infrastructure, Hospitality. Till now, 34,587 candidates have been selected of whom 31,903 candidates have joined, 22,237 candidates have completed the training, 7,649 are undergoing training and 14,694 have been offered jobs.
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