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Uttarakhand Cabinet expands cow scheme, approves wage rules
The Uttarakhand Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a raft of decisions covering cow rearing, wages, hostel management, eco-tourism, GST, a high court complex, sports university, cooperative rules,…
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The Uttarakhand Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has approved a raft of decisions covering cow rearing, wages, hostel management, eco-tourism, GST, a high court complex, sports university, cooperative rules, rural drinking water, forest development, an expressway with Uttar Pradesh, and industrial relations. The state sector cow rearing scheme now includes general category farmers, with unit cost raised from Rs 40,000 to Rs 60,000. SC/ST beneficiaries get up to 90% subsidy, general category up to 60%. The scheme aims to benefit about 2,128 livestock farmers in the first year.
Separately, the CM transferred Rs 146.32 crore in pension benefits via DBT to 9,87,017 beneficiaries for July 2026 under various social welfare schemes, including old age, widow, disability, farmer, abandoned women, maintenance grant, Teelu Rauteli and dwarf pensions. Freepressjournal.in reported the cabinet decisions were announced by Director General Information Banshidhar Tiwari.
The Indian Opinion
Uttarakhand's cabinet decisions and pension disbursements appear to tick welfare boxes ahead of elections. But the fine print matters: the cow scheme, while expanded, relies on state budgets that are stretched. The claim of 'historic' decisions is a familiar political exaggeration. What is concrete is the DBT reach of Rs 146 crore to nearly 10 lakh beneficiaries. The real test will be whether the new wage rules for overtime pay and equal wages are enforced in the state's informal sector, where most workers are. Will the Labour department show compliance data six months from now?
Sources (2): freepressjournal.in, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
