Cabinet approves 18% passenger fare hike
Gives go-ahead to enhancing allowances of Ministers, MLAs; 136 GMC faculty posts to be created
The Cabinet on Friday approved an 18 percent hike in fares for all passenger vehicles, sources disclosed.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah chaired a Cabinet meeting here this morning in which several important decisions were taken. The proposals cleared by the Cabinet will go to the Lieutenant Governor for approval.
According to sources, the Cabinet greenlighted the proposal of an 18 percent hike in fares for all passenger vehicles and fixed e‑rickshaw fare at Rs 15 per kilometre, e‑auto at Rs 25 for the first kilometre and Rs 20 thereafter.
Sources said the Cabinet also gave its approval to the enhancement of allowances for Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and the Leader of Opposition.
The Cabinet approved the proposal to amend rules to enhance their allowances for travel, medical care and housing and car loan facilities.
The Cabinet is understood to have also given its go‑ahead to the creation of 136 faculty posts (27 Professors, 109 Associate Professors) in Government Medical College Jammu and Government Medical College Srinagar.
Sources said the Cabinet has also given its consent for Ladakh to use the Jammu & Kashmir Real Estate Appellate Tribunal as a joint Real Estate Appellate Tribunal—(KNO)