Nitish CABINET meeting and OUTCOME

The state cabinet on Wednesday amended the Bihar Cinema and Bihar Entertainment Tax regulations, thereby allowing cinema hall owners to fix ticket rates and increase the seating capacity.

The state government also upgraded the rank of chowkidars to fourth grade employees with equal wages and facilities for them. Giving its assent to the rule, the cabinet fixed their salary in the range of Rs 2,500-3,200 and that of dafadars to Rs 2,610-3,540.

Ex-gratia for the civil defence personnel in accidental death, like encounter, has been fixed at Rs 2.5 lakh, at par with homeguard jawans.

To upgrade the district hospitals and primary health centres, the government has decided to accord all medical facilities to indoor patients. These hospitals will also be provided with ICU facilities, dentists and incinerators.

Six automated check-posts will be established at Karmnasha in Bhabhua and Jalalpur in Gopalganj for which the government has sanctioned Rs 21.21 crore.

For recommending the names for Padma awards, all the DMs have been asked to recommend the names of those who deserve the award in various fields from their respective districts. The names will be shortlisted here and then sent to the Union home ministry