NE NEWS SERVICE
CHANDIGARH, NOV 18
The Punjab cabinet on Friday cleared the notification of switching over to Old Pension Scheme from NPS, said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
ਕੈਬਨਿਟ ਦੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਫ਼ੈਸਲਿਆਂ 'ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੈੱਸ ਕਾਨਫਰੰਸ… LIVE https://t.co/5VYuWfSPKU
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) November 18, 2022
Briefing media after the cabinet meeting chaired by him, Bhagwant Mann said the government also decided to directly appoint principals of 16 government colleges.
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He also said that the cane-crushing season would begin on November 20. The sugar mills in the state would get a subsidy of Rs 50 per quintal so that farmers could get the State Advised Price of Rs 380 per quintal.
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He appealed to farmer unions not to go ahead with dharnas at the drop of a hat; asked them to give the government time to implement the promises. “We have held numerous meetings with the farmer unions, and accepted most of their demands. They too, should not start dharnas and inconvenience the public,” he said.
“We will give jobs to kin of those farmers who died during the protest at the Delhi borders. While over 300 next of kin of the 624 martyred farmers had already got jobs, the remaining would be accommodated soon, Mann said.
