The Chief Secretary said that Special Secretary level officers had been designated as nodal officers for effective implementation and monitoring of cow protection.
"It has been decided in the cabinet that to prevent corruption in recruitment, a strict anti-copying law will be brought by the government soon," Uttarakhand government Chief Secretary S S Sandhu said.
Dr Mehta maintained that the positions of Numberdar and Chowkidar are very significant in terms of better coordination at the grassroot levels and can't be kept vacant at the peril of common masses.
In Jammu and Kashmir, more than 166,172 people were employed in the last six years with the establishment of 20,772 units under the PM Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) by the Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB).
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary SS Sandhu on Tuesday conducted a meeting regarding the Joshimath landslide at the secretariat and instructed the District Magistrate Chamoli to keep a constant watch on the situation.
Jammu and Kashmir Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo on Monday chaired a meeting to discuss the permission and availability of petroleum-derived spray oils in the Union Territory.
In view of the land subsidence in Joshimath, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary SS Sandhu instructed the officials to vacate the affected area without any delay and make proper arrangements for the people at the place where they are being shifted.
In the wake of the land subsidence incident in Uttarakhand's Joshimath, the Centre on Sunday constituted a team of experts from seven different organisations to study and submit its recommendations.
Chief Secretary Sukhvir Singh Sandhu, Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Kumar and Secretary to Chief Minister RK Meenakshi Sundaram on Sunday conducted an on-site inspection of landslide areas of Joshimath town.
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi and the Director General of Prisons, Government of NCT of Delhi seeking a detailed report of a sexual assault case of a 22-year-old prisoner in Delhi's Tihar Jail. The commission has